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dc.date.accessioned2009-11-10T10:18:35Zen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-01T13:09:43Z
dc.date.created1868en_GB
dc.date.issued2009-11-10T10:18:35Zen_GB
dc.format.mediumfairen_GB
dc.identifier.otherBD042694en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10472/5178en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.relationSPECTRUMen_GB
dc.rightsThe digital object(s) attached to this record are available for you to use for educational purposes only under licence from the University of Exeter. Use of the object(s) must be compliant with the terms of the licence agreement, full details are available on the "Original Licence" link below.en_GB
dc.titlewonders of opticsen_GB
dc.date.available2009-11-10T10:18:35Zen_GB
dc.date.available2013-02-01T13:09:43Z
dc.descriptionTranslated from the French, and 'illustrated with seventy engravings on wood, and a coloured frontispiece.' Part 1 has sections on the eye; the structure of the eye; the errors of the eye; optical illusions; the appreciation of colour; illusions caused by light itself; the influence of the imagination. Part 2 covers the laws of light, including colour, luminosity, calorific, chemical and magnetic properties of the spectrum - new chapter for the English ed. - , reflection and mirrors; lenses; microscopes and telescopes. Part 3 deals with the magic lantern; phantasmagoria; other optical illusions; the properties of mirrors; chinese shadows; polyorama, dissolving views and diorama; the stereoscope; the camera obscura and camera lucida; the spectroscope and spectres. Many illustrations, including full-page representations of various kinds of show.en_GB
dc.subject.othernon-cinemaen_GB
dc.subject.otherEVEen_GB
dc.contributor.organisationSampson Low, Son, and Marstonen_GB
dc.format.dimensionslength 174mm; breadth 120mm; thickness 23mmen_GB
dc.type.classbooken_GB
dc.contributor.personMarion, F.en_GB
dc.contributor.personQuin, Charles W.en_GB
dc.format.typepaper (three types); clothen_GB


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