The Wonders of Optics
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. CHAPTER I. THE EYE.4. CHAPTER II. THE STRUCTURE OF THE EYE.5. CHAPTER III. THE ERRORS OF THE EYE.6. CHAPTER IV. OPTICAL ILLUSIONS.7. CHAPTER V. THE APPRECIATION OF COLOUR.8. CHAPTER VI. ILLUSIONS CAUSED BY LIGHT ITSELF.9. CHAPTER VII. THE INFLUENCE OF THE IMAGINATION.10. CHAPTER I. WHAT IS LIGHT?11. CHAPTER II. THE SOLAR SPECTRUM.12. CHAPTER III. OTHER CAUSES OF COLOUR.13. CHAPTER IV. LUMINOUS, CALORIFIC, CHEMICAL, AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF THE SPECTRUM.14. CHAPTER V. THE LAWS OF REFLECTION.—MIRRORS.15. CHAPTER VI. METALLIC BURNING MIRRORS.16. CHAPTER VII. LENSES.17. CHAPTER VIII. OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS.—THE SIMPLE AND COMPOUND MICROSCOPE. THE SOLAR AND PHOTO-ELECTRIC MICROSCOPE.18. CHAPTER IX. THE TELESCOPES OF GALILEO, GREGORY, NEWTON, HERSCHEL, LORD ROSSE, AND FOUCAULT.19. CHAPTER I. THE MAGIC LANTERN.20. CHAPTER II. THE PHANTASMAGORIA.21. CHAPTER III. OTHER OPTICAL ILLUSIONS.22. CHAPTER IV. THE PROPERTIES OF MIRRORS.23. CHAPTER V. CHINESE SHADOWS.24. CHAPTER VI. POLYORAMA—DISSOLVING VIEWS—DIORAMA.25. CHAPTER VII. THE STEREOSCOPE.26. CHAPTER VIII. THE CAMERA OBSCURA AND CAMERA LUCIDA.27. CHAPTER IX. THE SPECTROSCOPE.28. CHAPTER X. SPECTRES—THE GHOST ILLUSION.