In physics, the change in direction of a wave at the interface between two media

A flowering marvel of Peru plant (Mirabilis jalapa) and nine diagrams illustrating refraction of light. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1817.

Refraction and how to refract : including sections on optics, retinoscopy, the fitting of spectacles and eyeglasses, etc. / by James Thorrington.

Descartes Dioptrik / von Gertrud Lisegang.

74 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates ; 27 cm

De catoptrices et dioptrices in oculorum morbis cognoscendis usu atque utilitate / scripsit Richardus Ulrich.

Optics : a manual for students / by A. S. Percival.

2 volumes in 1, folded plates : folded diagrams ; (4to)

Opera reliqua. ... / [Christiaan Huygens].

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Refraction and how to refract : including sections on optics, retinoscopy, the fitting of spectacles and eyeglasses, etc. / by James Thorrington.

Descartes Dioptrik / von Gertrud Lisegang.

De catoptrices et dioptrices in oculorum morbis cognoscendis usu atque utilitate / scripsit Richardus Ulrich.

Optics : a manual for students / by A. S. Percival.

Opera reliqua. ... / [Christiaan Huygens].

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Refraction and how to refract : including sections on optics, retinoscopy, the fitting of spectacles and eyeglasses, etc. / by James Thorrington.

Descartes Dioptrik / von Gertrud Lisegang.

De catoptrices et dioptrices in oculorum morbis cognoscendis usu atque utilitate / scripsit Richardus Ulrich.

Optics : a manual for students / by A. S. Percival.

Opera reliqua. ... / [Christiaan Huygens].

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