 ... 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 such a case, cannot be...  Essays on Philosophical Subjects - Page 181by Adam Smith - 1795 - 244 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1734 - 552 pages
...collected "^àï tf by the Eye into their proper Foci; wherefore the Shape ot an Object ¿t^tyMrW. in fuch a Cafe, cannot be at all difcerned, though the Colour may : chcirclden> And thus it was with this young Gentleman, who though he knew •£• ' ,*" thefe Colours... | |
 | Robert Smith - 1738 - 402 pages
...where a great variety of furfaces fo differently refract the light, that the feveral diftinct pencils of rays cannot be collected by the eye into their...fhape of an object in fuch a cafe, cannot be at all difcerr.ed, though the colour may: and thus it was with this young gentleman, who though he knew thefe... | |
 | William Cheselden - 1740 - 438 pages
...where a great variety of furfaces fo differently refract the light, that the feveral diftinct pencils of rays cannot be collected by the eye into their...was with this young gentleman, who though he knew thefe colours afunder in a good light, yet when he faw them after he was couch'd, the faint ideas he... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 572 pages
...into their proper foci ; wherefore, the shape of an object io such a case cannot at all be discerned, though the colour may. And thus it was with this young gentleman, who, though he knew these colours asunder in a good light, yet, when he saw them after he was couched, the faint ideas... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 574 pages
...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 such a case cannot at all be discerned, though the colour may. And thus it was... | |
 | Gilbert Dyer - 1816 - 440 pages
...furfaces fo differently reflect the light, that the feveral diftinct pencils of rays cannot be colle&ed by the eye into their proper foci; wherefore the fhape...was with this young Gentleman, who, though he knew thefe colours afunder, in a good light, yet, when he faw them after he was couched, the faint ideas... | |
 | Youth's instructor - 1822 - 488 pages
...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 such a case cannot at all bediscerncd, though the colour may. And thus it was... | |
 | Frederick Beasley - 1822 - 584 pages
...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 such a case cannot be at all discerned, though the colour may. And thus it was... | |
 | G. Heermann - 1835 - 274 pages
...great variety of surfaces so differently refract the light, that the several distinct pencils of ray cannot be collected by the eye into their proper foci, wherefore the shape of an object in such a case cannot be at all discerned, though the colour may. And thus ii was... | |
 | William Cheselden - 1839 - 32 pages
...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 such a case cannot be at all discerned, though the colour may. And thus it was... | |
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