Sight : an exposition of the principles of monocular and binocular vision / by Joseph Le Conte.

  • Joseph LeConte
Date:
1883
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Credit: Sight : an exposition of the principles of monocular and binocular vision / by Joseph Le Conte. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. INTRODUCTORY. PAGB The Relation of General Sensibility to Special Sense . 9 Law of differentiation, 10; gradation among the senses, 11; in kind of contact, 13; in distance of perception, 13; in refine- ment of organ, 14. PART I. MONOCULAR VISION CHAPTER I. General Structure of the Human Eye, and the For- mation of Images. . . . . 17 Section I.—General Structure : General form and setting, 17; illustrations, 18; the muscles, 18 ; illustrations of their action, 19; the eyeball, 20 ; sclerotic, 20; cornea, 21; iris, 21; lin- ings, 22; choroid, 22; ciliary muscle, 22; retina, 22; con- tents of hall, 23 ; lens, 23 ; humors, 24. Section II.—Formation of the Image, 24; conditions of per- fect image, 25; experiment, 27; illustrations, 27; property of a lens, 27; proofs of a retinal image, 29; nodal point, 29. CHAPTER II. The Eye as an Optical Instrument . . .30 Comparison with the camera, 30; chromatism, 31; correction of chromatism, 31; aberration, 35; correction of aberration, 36 ; adjustment for light, 37; adjustment for distance, 40; accom- modation of the eye, 42; experiment illustrating, 42; theory • of adjustment, 44; Helmholtz’s view, 44.
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