An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after D. M. Fratta after G.B. Pittoni, D. Valeriani and G. Valeriani.

Sir Isaac Newton: optical experiments. Stipple engraving by R.M. Meadows, 1809, after G. Romney, 1796.

An eye in a star, the spokes of which divide the spectrum of colours; putti hold a prism, a telescope, a rod refracted in water, and a camera obscura; representing optics. Engraving by J. Chapman, 1820, after A.D. Macquin.

The clinical use of prisms : and the decentering of lenses / by Ernest E. Maddox.

1 print : line engraving with stipple, with watercolour ; image 22.8 x 17.7 cm

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 64.4 x 41.5 cm

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The clinical use of prisms : and the decentering of lenses / by Ernest E. Maddox.

The clinical use of prisms : and the decentering of lenses / by Ernest E. Maddox.

An eye in a star, the spokes of which divide the spectrum of colours; putti hold a prism, a telescope, a rod refracted in water, and a camera obscura; representing optics. Engraving by J. Chapman, 1820, after A.D. Macquin.

Sir Isaac Newton: optical experiments. Stipple engraving by R.M. Meadows, 1809, after G. Romney, 1796.

An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after D. M. Fratta after G.B. Pittoni, D. Valeriani and G. Valeriani.

Prisms

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The clinical use of prisms : and the decentering of lenses / by Ernest E. Maddox.

The clinical use of prisms : and the decentering of lenses / by Ernest E. Maddox.

An eye in a star, the spokes of which divide the spectrum of colours; putti hold a prism, a telescope, a rod refracted in water, and a camera obscura; representing optics. Engraving by J. Chapman, 1820, after A.D. Macquin.

Sir Isaac Newton: optical experiments. Stipple engraving by R.M. Meadows, 1809, after G. Romney, 1796.

An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after D. M. Fratta after G.B. Pittoni, D. Valeriani and G. Valeriani.

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