The Wonders of Optics

About this eBook

Author

Marion, Fulgence

Credits

deaurider, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QC: Science: Physics

Subject

Physical optics

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 65114

Release Date

April 19, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WONDERS OF OPTICS.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. THE EYE.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. THE STRUCTURE OF THE EYE.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. THE ERRORS OF THE EYE.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. OPTICAL ILLUSIONS.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. THE APPRECIATION OF COLOUR.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. ILLUSIONS CAUSED BY LIGHT ITSELF.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. THE INFLUENCE OF THE IMAGINATION.
12. 12.CHAPTER I. WHAT IS LIGHT?
13. 13.CHAPTER II. THE SOLAR SPECTRUM.
14. 14.CHAPTER III. OTHER CAUSES OF COLOUR.
15. 15.CHAPTER IV. LUMINOUS, CALORIFIC, CHEMICAL, AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF THE SPECTRUM.
16. 16.CHAPTER V. THE LAWS OF REFLECTION.—MIRRORS.
17. 17.CHAPTER VI. METALLIC BURNING MIRRORS.
18. 18.CHAPTER VII. LENSES.
19. 19.CHAPTER VIII. OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS.—THE SIMPLE AND COMPOUND MICROSCOPE. THE SOLAR AND PHOTO-ELECTRIC MICROSCOPE.
20. 20.CHAPTER IX. THE TELESCOPES OF GALILEO, GREGORY, NEWTON, HERSCHEL, LORD ROSSE, AND FOUCAULT.
21. 21.CHAPTER I. THE MAGIC LANTERN.
22. 22.CHAPTER II. THE PHANTASMAGORIA.
23. 23.CHAPTER III. OTHER OPTICAL ILLUSIONS.
24. 24.CHAPTER IV. THE PROPERTIES OF MIRRORS.
25. 25.CHAPTER V. CHINESE SHADOWS.
26. 26.CHAPTER VI. POLYORAMA—DISSOLVING VIEWS—DIORAMA.
27. 27.CHAPTER VII. THE STEREOSCOPE.
28. 28.CHAPTER VIII. THE CAMERA OBSCURA AND CAMERA LUCIDA.
29. 29.CHAPTER IX. THE SPECTROSCOPE.
30. 30.CHAPTER X. SPECTRES—THE GHOST ILLUSION.

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