The Wonders of Optics
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1879]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
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- THE WONDERS OF OPTICS.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- CHAPTER I. THE EYE.
- CHAPTER II. THE STRUCTURE OF THE EYE.
- CHAPTER III. THE ERRORS OF THE EYE.
- CHAPTER IV. OPTICAL ILLUSIONS.
- CHAPTER V. THE APPRECIATION OF COLOUR.
- CHAPTER VI. ILLUSIONS CAUSED BY LIGHT ITSELF.
- CHAPTER VII. THE INFLUENCE OF THE IMAGINATION.
- CHAPTER I. WHAT IS LIGHT?
- CHAPTER II. THE SOLAR SPECTRUM.
- CHAPTER III. OTHER CAUSES OF COLOUR.
- CHAPTER IV. LUMINOUS, CALORIFIC, CHEMICAL, AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF THE SPECTRUM.
- CHAPTER V. THE LAWS OF REFLECTION.—MIRRORS.
- CHAPTER VI. METALLIC BURNING MIRRORS.
- CHAPTER VII. LENSES.
- CHAPTER VIII. OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS.—THE SIMPLE AND COMPOUND MICROSCOPE. THE SOLAR AND PHOTO-ELECTRIC MICROSCOPE.
- CHAPTER IX. THE TELESCOPES OF GALILEO, GREGORY, NEWTON, HERSCHEL, LORD ROSSE, AND FOUCAULT.
- CHAPTER I. THE MAGIC LANTERN.
- CHAPTER II. THE PHANTASMAGORIA.
- CHAPTER III. OTHER OPTICAL ILLUSIONS.
- CHAPTER IV. THE PROPERTIES OF MIRRORS.
- CHAPTER V. CHINESE SHADOWS.
- CHAPTER VI. POLYORAMA—DISSOLVING VIEWS—DIORAMA.
- CHAPTER VII. THE STEREOSCOPE.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE CAMERA OBSCURA AND CAMERA LUCIDA.
- CHAPTER IX. THE SPECTROSCOPE.
- CHAPTER X. SPECTRES—THE GHOST ILLUSION.
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