CONTENTS.
PART I.
THE PHENOMENA OF VISION.
CHAPTER I.
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| THE EYE | [15] |
CHAPTER II.
| THE STRUCTURE OF THE EYE | [22] |
CHAPTER III.
| THE ERRORS OF THE EYE | [30] |
CHAPTER IV.
| OPTICAL ILLUSIONS | [36] |
CHAPTER V.
| THE APPRECIATION OF COLOUR | [44] |
CHAPTER VI.
| ILLUSIONS CAUSED BY LIGHT ITSELF | [53] |
CHAPTER VII.
| THE INFLUENCE OF THE IMAGINATION | [60] |
PART II.
THE LAWS OF LIGHT.
CHAPTER I.
| WHAT IS LIGHT? | [73] |
CHAPTER II.
| THE SOLAR SPECTRUM | [84] |
CHAPTER III.
| OTHER CAUSES OF COLOUR | [94] |
CHAPTER IV.
| LUMINOUS, CALORIFIC, CHEMICAL, AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF THE SPECTRUM | [100] |
CHAPTER V.
| THE LAWS OF REFLECTION.—MIRRORS | [106] |
CHAPTER VI.
| METALLIC BURNING MIRRORS | [117] |
CHAPTER VII.
| LENSES | [127] |
CHAPTER VIII.
| OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS.—THE SIMPLE AND COMPOUND MICROSCOPE. THE SOLAR AND PHOTO-ELECTRIC MICROSCOPE | [141] |
CHAPTER IX.
| THE TELESCOPES OF GALILEO, GREGORY, NEWTON, HERSCHEL, LORD ROSSE, AND FOUCAULT | [150] |
PART III.
NATURAL MAGIC.
CHAPTER I.
| THE MAGIC LANTERN | [173] |
CHAPTER II.
| THE PHANTASMAGORIA | [183] |
CHAPTER III.
| OTHER OPTICAL ILLUSIONS | [196] |
CHAPTER IV.
| THE PROPERTIES OF MIRRORS | [216] |
CHAPTER V.
| CHINESE SHADOWS | [223] |
CHAPTER VI.
| POLYORAMA—DISSOLVING VIEWS—DIORAMA | [231] |
CHAPTER VII.
| THE STEREOSCOPE | [236] |
CHAPTER VIII.
| THE CAMERA OBSCURA AND CAMERA LUCIDA | [242] |
CHAPTER IX.
| THE SPECTROSCOPE | [249] |
CHAPTER X.
| SPECTRES—THE GHOST ILLUSION | [264] |