Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920, Seabroke, G. M. (George Mitchell), 1848-1918 · London, Macmillan and co. · leaf 91
formed by the curved surfaces of the anterior mem-branes, and through the back of the eyeball is inserted themass of filaments of the optic nerve making communica-tion with the brain ; these filaments on reaching theinside of the eye spread out to receive the impressionsof light. Here then, we have… … Fig. 33.—Action of Eye in Formation of Images. The path of the light forming an image on the retinais shown in Fig. 33, where A B is the object, and a hits image, formed in exactly the same way as theimage of the candle-flame which we have just considered ;in fiict, the eye is exactly represented…
Astronomy · Telescopes
Internet Archive · Wellesley College Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
