Author: David Brewster
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Category : Kaleidoscope
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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Author: David Brewster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kaleidoscope
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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Author: Sir David Brewster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kaleidoscopes
Languages : en
Pages : 189
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Author: Sir David Brewster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kaleidoscope
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Author: David Brewster
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781332057832
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Excerpt from The Kaleidoscope, Its History, Theory and Construction With Its Application to the Fine and Useful Arts On the 7th of February 1815, when I discovered the de velopment of the complementary colours, by the successive reflexions of polarized light between two plates of gold and Silver, the effects of the Kaleidoscope, though rudely ezhi bited, were again forced upon my notice; the multiplied images were, however, coloured with the most splendid tints; and the whole efl'ect, though inconceivably inferior to the creations of the Kaleidoscope, was still far superior to anything that I had previously witnessed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: David Brewster
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 189
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Author: Helen Groth
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748669493
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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This book examines how the productive interplay between nineteenth-century literary and visual media paralleled the emergence of a modern psychological understanding of the ways in which reading, viewing and dreaming generate moving images in the mind.
Author: South Kensington Museum
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 904
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Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1082
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Author: Thomas L. Hankins
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400864119
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Thomas Hankins and Robert Silverman investigate an array of instruments from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century that seem at first to be marginal to science--magnetic clocks that were said to operate by the movements of sunflower seeds, magic lanterns, ocular harpsichords (machines that played different colored lights in harmonious mixtures), Aeolian harps (a form of wind chime), and other instruments of "natural magic" designed to produce wondrous effects. By looking at these and the first recording instruments, the stereoscope, and speaking machines, the authors show that "scientific instruments" first made their appearance as devices used to evoke wonder in the beholder, as in works of magic and the theater. The authors also demonstrate that these instruments, even though they were often "tricks," were seen by their inventors as more than trickery. In the view of Athanasius Kircher, for instance, the sunflower clock was not merely a hoax, but an effort to demonstrate, however fraudulently, his truly held belief that the ability of a flower to follow the sun was due to the same cosmic magnetic influence as that which moved the planets and caused the rotation of the earth. The marvels revealed in this work raise and answer questions about the connections between natural science and natural magic, the meaning of demonstration, the role of language and the senses in science, and the connections among art, music, literature, and natural science. Originally published in 1995. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author: South Kensington Museum. Science Library
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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