THE KALEIDOSCOPE, ITS HISTORY, THEORY, AND CONSTRUCTION.

WITH ITS APPLICATION TO THE FINE AND USEFUL ARTS.

BY SIR DAVID BREWSTER, K.H., M.A., D.C.L.,

F.R.S., V.P.R.S., EDIN., M.R.I.A., F.G.S., F.R.A.S., ASSOCIATE OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, HONORARY OR CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ACADEMIES OF PETERSBURGH, VIENNA, BERLIN, COPENHAGEN, STOCKHOLM, BRUSSELS, GOTTINGEN, MODENA, AND OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WASHINGTON, AND PRINCIPAL OF THE UNITED COLLEGES OF ST. SALVATOR AND ST. LEONARD, ST. ANDREWS.

Nihil tangit quod non ornat.

Third Edition, greatly enlarged.

WITH FIFTY-SIX WOOD ENGRAVINGS AND ONE PLATE.

LONDON: JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN, PICCADILLY. 1870.