Scientific instruments optics wright lewis (1 risultati)

8vo. viii, 426, [2] pp., plus 24 pp. publisher's ads. With 232 woodcut engraved text illustrations, & diagrams. Green embossed publisher's cloth, ruled borders at upper & lower fore-edges, rebacked, black & gilt morocco spine label, still G copy, w/ former exlib ownership stamps on interior pages. Second edition of this well-illustrated and informative Victorian handbook on use of the magic lantern, and many other scientific optical instruments in creating effects for scientific study, as well as for exhibition and instruction. Included are significant sections on manipulating the magic lanterns, creating glass slides, carriers & special effects; colour theory, and instruments depicting colour, polarizing apparatus, magnetism revealed by optical projection, and more. …