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... rays of light issuing from the object , as to shew it under a magnified appearance . In using the Telescope , to adjust it exactly to your sight , you turn the long screw Con the side , while your eye is looking through at B , and the ...
... rays of light issuing from the object , as to shew it under a magnified appearance . In using the Telescope , to adjust it exactly to your sight , you turn the long screw Con the side , while your eye is looking through at B , and the ...
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... rays round the globe , it would be almost as dark in the day - time as in the night ; and the sun , moon , and stars , would only be visible . It is also the medi- um of sounds , which are conveyed by the tremulous motion of the air ...
... rays round the globe , it would be almost as dark in the day - time as in the night ; and the sun , moon , and stars , would only be visible . It is also the medi- um of sounds , which are conveyed by the tremulous motion of the air ...
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... is the eye , which is made up of a number of parts , and so wonderfully con- trived for admitting and refracting the rays of light , that those which come from the same 118 Of the Five Senses of Man , Origin of our Ideas, 115 Seeing,
... is the eye , which is made up of a number of parts , and so wonderfully con- trived for admitting and refracting the rays of light , that those which come from the same 118 Of the Five Senses of Man , Origin of our Ideas, 115 Seeing,
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... rays of light . It is to be observed , that the bodies which respect the light are of three sorts , 1. Those that emit the rays of light ; as the sun and fixed stars : 2. Those that transmit the rays of light ; as the air : and , 3 ...
... rays of light . It is to be observed , that the bodies which respect the light are of three sorts , 1. Those that emit the rays of light ; as the sun and fixed stars : 2. Those that transmit the rays of light ; as the air : and , 3 ...
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... rays are to pass , be placed at a distance from our eye , that body will be seen , as well as those bodies from whence the rays came that pass through it to our eyes . For in- stance , he who looks through a pair of spec- tacles , not ...
... rays are to pass , be placed at a distance from our eye , that body will be seen , as well as those bodies from whence the rays came that pass through it to our eyes . For in- stance , he who looks through a pair of spec- tacles , not ...
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