 | 1852 - 1080 páginas
...combinations of lenses* he says—•" We shall see the object near at hand, or at a distance, and under any angle we please. And thus from an incredible distance we may -read the smallest letters, and may number the smallest particles of dust and sand, by reason of the greatness of the angle under which... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1872 - 522 páginas
...towards any place wo please, so that we shall see the objects near at hand or at a distance, under any angle we please. And thus, from an incredible distance, we may read the smallest letters, and may number the smallest particles of dust and sand, by reason of the greatness of the angle under which... | |
 | 1858 - 588 páginas
...assertion that " we can so shape transparent substances, . . that objects may be seen far off or near, and thus, from an incredible distance, we may read...letters, and number the grains of dust and sand." Leonard Digges, writing of his father in 1590, says, " He was able by perspective glasses . . to discover... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1859 - 754 páginas
...clearly prove that large objects may be made to appear small, and distant objects near, and the reverse. We can so shape transparent substances, and so arrange...from an incredible distance we may read the smallest letter.'1 just views of nature, nnd of the true method of investigating nature, entitled him to the... | |
 | 1859 - 828 páginas
...clearly prove that large objects may be made to appear small, and distant objeets near, and the reverse. We can so shape transparent substances, and so arrange...may be seen far off or near, under whatever angle we plea!e, and thus from an incredible distance we may read the smallest letter/' HISTORY OF EDUCATION... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 432 páginas
...towards any place we please ; so that we shall see the object near at hand, or at a distance, under any angle we please. And thus from an incredible distance we may read the smallest letters, and may number the smallest particles of dust and sand, by reason of the greatwsw angle uner wch tey appear;... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1864 - 716 páginas
...containing his idea of the telescope possess such interest that I need not apologize for quoting them. " We can so shape transparent substances, and so arrange...sand, on account of the greatness of the angle under uhich we see them ; and we may manage so as hardly to see bodies when 142 OPUS MAJÜS. near to us,... | |
 | Samuel Neil - 1865 - 344 páginas
...assertion that " we can so shape transparent substances, .... that objects may be seen far off or near, and thus, from an incredible distance, we may read...letters, and number the grains of dust and sand." Leonard Digges, writing of his father in 1590, says, " He was able by perspective glasses .... to discover... | |
 | Osmund Airy - 1870 - 204 páginas
...with respect to the eye and the objects, that the rays shall be bent and refracted towards any place we please; and thus, from an incredible distance, we may read the smallest letter, and may number the smallest particles of dust and sand, by reason of the greatness of the angle... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1872 - 538 páginas
...towards any place we please, so that we shall see the objects near at hand or at a distance, under any angle we please. And thus, from an incredible distance, we may read the smallest letters, and may number the smallest particles of dust and sand, by reason of the greatness of the angle under which... | |
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For we can give such figures to transparent bodies, and dispose them in such order with respect to the eye and the objects, that the rays shall be refracted and bent towards any place we please ; so that we shall see the object near at hand, or at a distance... 
