| James Ferguson - 1764 - 322 pages
...effected in this manner, may be demonftrated experimentally. Take a bullock's eye whilft it is frefh, and having cut off the three coats from the back part,...an inverted picture of the object upon the paper. Since the image is inverted, many have wondered why the object appears upright- But we are to confider,... | |
| John Imison - 1796 - 476 pages
...effefted in this manner, may be demonftrated experimentally. Take a bullock's eye while it is frelh, and having cut off the three coats from the back part,...over that part, and hold the eye towards any bright objeft, and you will fee an inverted pifture of the objeft upon thepaper, Seeing Seeing the image is... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...experimentally. Take a bullock's eye wbillt it is freih ; and having cut off the three coat» from the back-part, quite to the vitreous humour, put a piece of white paper over that part, and hold the tye towards any bright object, and you will fee an inverted picture of the objed upon the paper. Since... | |
| Thomas Hodson - Arithmetic - 1806 - 502 pages
...of which is the following:-; — take a bullock's eye, while it is frefh, from a newly killed beaft, and having cut off the three coats from the back part, quite to the vitreous humour, put a piece of paper behind that part, and hold the front of the eye towards any bright object, and there will be... | |
| George Gregory - Astronomy - 1808 - 452 pages
...be demonstrated experimentally. Take a bullock's eye while it is fresh, and having cut off the coals from the back part, quite to the vitreous humour,...hold the eye towards any bright object, and you will see an inverted picture of the object upon the paper. It has been a matter of inquiry among scien•... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 pages
...demonstrated experimentally. Take a bullock's eye, while it is fresh, and having cut off the three coaU from the back part, quite to the vitreous humour, put a piece of white paper over that pirt, and hold the eye towards any bright object, and you will sec an inverted picture of the objert... | |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 814 pages
...effeńed in this manner, may be demonilrated experimentally. Take a bullock's eye whilll it is freih ; and having cut off the three coats from the back part,...hold the eye towards any bright object, and you will lee au inverted pińure of the oojett upon the paper, or the fame thing may be better accompliihed... | |
| James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1814 - 420 pages
...effected in this manner, may be demonstrated experimentally. Take a bullock's eye while it is fresh, and having cut off the three coats from the back part,...humour, put a piece of white paper over that part, and holding the eye toward any bright object, you will then see an inverted picture of the object upon... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 778 pages
...effected in this manner may be detnonftrated experimentally. Take a bullock's eye whilft it is frefh ; and having cut off the three coats from the back part, quite to the vitreous humour, (Jig. 8. PI. CCL1 V.) of the outer coat, is called the put a piece of white paper over that part and... | |
| George Gregory - Science - 1820 - 458 pages
...may be demonstrated experimentally. Take a bullock's eye while it is fresh, and having cut off the coats from the back part, quite to the vitreous humour,...hold the eye towards any bright object, and you will see an inverted picture of the object upon the paper. It has been a matter of inquiry among scientific... | |
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