dc.date.accessioned | 2009-11-10T10:18:35Z | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-01T13:09:43Z | |
dc.date.created | 1868 | en_GB |
dc.date.issued | 2009-11-10T10:18:35Z | en_GB |
dc.format.medium | fair | en_GB |
dc.identifier.other | BD042694 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10472/5178 | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.relation | SPECTRUM | en_GB |
dc.rights | The 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.title | wonders of optics | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2009-11-10T10:18:35Z | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2013-02-01T13:09:43Z | |
dc.description | Translated 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.other | non-cinema | en_GB |
dc.subject.other | EVE | en_GB |
dc.contributor.organisation | Sampson Low, Son, and Marston | en_GB |
dc.format.dimensions | length 174mm; breadth 120mm; thickness 23mm | en_GB |
dc.type.class | book | en_GB |
dc.contributor.person | Marion, F. | en_GB |
dc.contributor.person | Quin, Charles W. | en_GB |
dc.format.type | paper (three types); cloth | en_GB |