After a few moments' silent thought, Sir John diffidently inquired whether it would not be possible to effect a transfusion of artificial light through the focal object of vision!. Sir David, somewhat startled at the originality of the idea, paused awhile,... The Earth and the Stars - Page 63by Charles Greeley Abbot - 1925 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
| Richard Adams Locke, Joseph Nicolas Nicollet - Great Moon Hoax - 1852 - 156 pages
...all-invincible enemy, the paucity of light in powerful magnifiers. After a few moments silent thought, Sir John diffidently inquired whether it would not...object of vision ! Sir David, somewhat startled at '-he originality of the idea, paused a while, and then hesitatingly referred to the refrangibility... | |
| Augustus Maverick - Journalism - 1870 - 548 pages
...all•invineible enemy, — the paucity of light in powerful magnifiers. After a few moments' silent thought, Sir John diffidently inquired whether it would not...adduced the example of the Newtonian Reflector, in whieh the refrangibility was corrected by the second speculum, and the angle of incidence restored... | |
| Augustus Maverick - Journalism - 1870 - 550 pages
...allinvincible enemy, — the pancity of light in powerful magnifiers. After a few moments' silent thought, Sir John diffidently inquired whether it would not...somewhat startled at the originality of the idea, pansed awhile, and then hesitatingly referred to the rcfrangibility of rays, and the angle of incidence.... | |
| Augustus Maverick - Journalism - 1870 - 558 pages
...at the originality of the idea, pansed awhile, and then hesitatingly referred to the rcfrangibility of rays, and the angle of incidence. Sir John, grown...the example of the Newtonian Reflector, in which the rcfrangibility was corrected by the second speculum, and the angle of incidence restored by the third.... | |
| Augustus Maverick - Journalism - 1870 - 550 pages
...allinvincible .enemy, — the pancity of light in powerful magnifiers. After a .few moments' silent thought, Sir John diffidently inquired whether it would not be possible to effect a transfusion of artificial liyht throuyh the focal object of vision/ Sir David, somewhat startled at the originality of the idea,... | |
| 1876 - 600 pages
...of light in powerful magnifiers. After a few moments' silent thought, Sir John diffidently enquired whether it would not be possible to effect a transfusion...John, grown more confident, adduced the example of the 1 The , , r,-,-s' tale is, that the man was sent to the moon by Moses for gathering sticks on the Sabbath,... | |
| Belgravia - 1876 - 562 pages
...of light in powerful magnifiers. After a few moments* silent thought, Sir John diffidently enquired whether it would not be possible to effect a transfusion...John, grown more confident, adduced the example of the 1 The nurses' tale is, that the man was sent to the moon by Moses for gathering sticks on the Sabbath,... | |
| Richard Anthony Proctor - Astronomy - 1886 - 400 pages
...of light in powerful magnifiers. After a few moments' silent thought, Sir John diffidently enquired whether it would not be possible to effect a transfusion...artificial light through the focal object of vision I Sir David, somewhat startled at the originality of the idea, paused awhile, and then hesitatingly... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1899 - 816 pages
...all-invincible enemy, the paucity of light in powerful magnifiers. After a few moments' silent thought, Sir John diffidently inquired whether it would not...somewhat startled at the originality of the idea, paused a while, and then hesitatingly referred to tlie refrangibility of rays and the angle of incidence.... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1899 - 814 pages
...paucity of light in powerful magnifiers. After a few moments1 silent thought, Sir John di flklently inquired whether it would not be possible to effect...somewhat startled at the originality of the idea, paused a while, and then hesitatingly referred to the refrangibility of rays and the angle of incidence. Sir... | |
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