 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,...  A short history of natural science - Side 52af Arabella Burton Fisher - 1879Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1832 - 640 sider
...of 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... | |
 | John M. Moffat - 1834 - 530 sider
...such order, with respect to the eye and the objects, that the rays shall be refracted and bent toward any place we please, so that we shall see the object...smallest letter, and may number the smallest particles of dust and sand, by reason of the greatness of the angle under which we may see them : and on the other... | |
 | 1835 - 1102 sider
...rays can be broken and bent as we please, so that objects may be seen far off or near, under whatever angle we please ; and thus from an incredible distance we may read the smallest letters, and number the grains of dust and sand, on account of the greatness of the angle under which... | |
 | 1835 - 566 sider
...to our and objects, that ken and bent as we p; so that, objects may In- .(Tor near, under whatever angle we please ; and thus from an incredible distance we may read the smallest letters, and number the grains of dust m account of the greatness of the angle under which we see them... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1835 - 564 sider
...rays can be broken and bent as we please, so that objects may be seen far off or near, under whatever angle we please ; and thus from an incredible distance we may read the smallest, letters, and number the grains of dust and sand, on account^!' the greatness of the angle under which... | |
 | Walter Rogers Johnson - 1836 - 516 sider
...such figures to transparent bodies, and disperse them in such order, with respect to the eye and the objects, that the rays shall be refracted and bent...smallest letter, and may number the smallest particles of dust and sand, by reason of the greatness of the angle under which we may see them : and on the other... | |
 | John M. Moffat, Walter Rogers Johnson - 1842 - 498 sider
...such figures to transparent bodies, and disperse them in such order, with respect to the eye and the objects, that the rays shall be refracted and bent...smallest letter, and may number the smallest particles of dust and sand, by reason of the greatness of the angle under which we may see them: and on the other... | |
 | James Napier Bailey - 1842 - 270 sider
...objects, that the rays shall be refracted and bent towards any place we please, so that we shall sce the object near at hand, or at a distance, under any...from an incredible distance we may read the smallest letters, and number the smallest partieles of dust and sand, by reason of the greatness of the angle... | |
 | 1844 - 1128 sider
...that rays can be broken and bent as we please, so that objects may be seen far off or near, under what angle we please ; and thus, from an incredible distance, we may read the smallest letters, and number the grains of dust and sand, on account of the greatness of the angle under which... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 902 sider
...please, so that we shall see the object near at hand, or at a distance, under any angle we please; ami 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 under which we- may see them ; and, on the contrary,... | |
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