Optical Images; How Light Forms the Pictures We See . A Victorian account of the physics of sight, revealing how nineteenth-century thinkers unravelled the puzzle of how images appear before the eye. By Dionysius Lardner. A complete article printed in 1855.

How Images Appear: Lardner Unpacks the Optics of Vision

Published by Walton and Maberly, London, 1855

About this Item

Explores how images are formed and manipulated through optical principles. 48 Pages. Illustrated with wood engravings. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without a title page. This particular trial report has been removed from a volume of Lardner's Museum of Science & Art and is now preserved in a modern loose card cover - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 11 x 18 cms. Category: Museum of Science & Art; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Optical Images; How Light Forms the Pictures We See . A Victorian account of the physics of sight, revealing how nineteenth-century thinkers unravelled the puzzle of how images appear before the eye. By Dionysius Lardner. A complete article printed in 1855.
• Publisher: Walton and Maberly, London
• Publication Date: 1855
• Binding: Booklet - Unbound Pages
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Museum of Science & Art