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" ... a glass of broken jelly, where a great variety of surfaces so differently refract the light, that the several distinct pencils of rays cannot be collected by the eye into their proper foci ; wherefore, the shape of an object in... "
A Compleat System of Opticks in Four Books, Viz. A Popular, a Mathematical ... - Page 43
by Robert Smith - 1738 - 171 pages
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The Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year 1700 ...

Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1734 - 552 pages
...the aque- ^h'a^d n-^Reous Humour, or the anterior Surface of the Cryftalline (by which áimtrnei of the Rays cannot be brought into a Focus upon the Retina) they can ,-«r bavin* difcern in no other Manner, than a found Eye can thro' a Glafs of/fa, ana was broken Jelly,...
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Essays on Philosophical Subjects

Adam Smith - 1795 - 402 pages
..." but they cannot perceive the fhape of any thing ; for the light by ** which thefe perceptions are made, being let in obliquely through " the aqueous...a glafs of broken jelly, where a great variety of fur" faces fo differently refract the light, that the feveral diftinct pen** cils of rays cannot be...
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A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 3

John Walker - 1811 - 574 pages
...are made being let in obliquely through the aqueous humour, or the anterior surface of the crystaline (by which the rays cannot be brought into a focus upon the retina,) they can discern in no other manner than a sound eye can through a glass of broken jelly, where a great variety...
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Vulgar Errors, Ancient and Modern, Attributed as Imports to the Proper Names ...

Gilbert Dyer - 1816 - 440 pages
...made, being let in obliquely through the aqueous humour, or the anterior furface of the chryftalline, by, which the rays cannot be brought into a focus upon the retina, they dan difcern in no other manner than a found eye can through a glafs of broken jelly, where a great...
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The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian

Youth's instructor - 1822 - 488 pages
...made being let in obliquely through the aqueous humour, or the anterior surface of the crystalline, (by which the rays cannot be brought into a focus upon the retina,) they can discern in no other manner than a sound eye can through a glass of broken jelly, where a great variety...
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Über die Bildung der Gesichtsvorstellungen aus den Gesichtsempfindungen

G. Heermann - 1835 - 274 pages
...raye cannot be brought into a focus upon the retina, they can discern in no other manner than a sound eye can through a glafs of broken jelly, where a great variety of surfaces so differently refract the light, that the several distinct pencils of ray cannot be collected...
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An appendix to the fourth edition of the Anatomy of the human body. To which ...

William Cheselden - 1839 - 32 pages
...made, being let in obliquely through the aqueous humour, or the anterior surface of the chrystaline (by which the rays cannot be brought into a focus upon the retina) they can discern in no other manner, than a sound eye can through a glass of broken jelly, where a great variety...
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Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy: Delivered at the Royal Institution ...

Sydney Smith - 1849 - 446 pages
..." let in obliquely through the aqueous humour, or the " anterior surface of the crystalline humour, by which " the rays cannot be brought into a focus upon the " retina, they can discern in no other manner than a " sound eye can through a glass of broken jelly, where " a great...
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Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, Volume 1

Sir William Hamilton - 1859 - 752 pages
...made, being let in obliquely through the aqueous humor, or the anterior surface of the crystalline (by which the rays cannot be brought into a focus upon the retina), they can discern in no other manner than a sound eye can through a glass of broken jelly, where a great variety...
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The Metaphysics of Sir William Hamilton

Sir William Hamilton - 1861 - 584 pages
...made, being let in obliquely througli the aqueous humor, or the anterior surface of the crystalline (by which the rays cannot be brought into a focus upon the retina), they can discern in no other manner than a sound eye can through a glass of broken jelly, where a great variety...
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