A system of natural philosophy, designed for the use of schools and academies (1845)
Moffat, J[ohn] M. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, E. C. Biddle · leaf 413
but in a slight degree,it is rather an advantage than otherwise, as the individuals arethus gifted with a kind of microscopic sight; for they can seesmaller objects than are commonly discerned by others, and aremerely obliged to hold them relatively nearer to the eye. Distantobjects, however, can… … 240. Let C D, as before, represent a section of the crystallinelens, then the rays from the object O will be rendered somewhatdivergent in their passage through the concave glass A B, so thatthe effect of the prominent cornea on them will be diminished, andthey will form a perfect image on the…
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![An illustration from Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI : Habes in hoc opere iam recens nato, & aedito, studiose lector, motus stellarum, tam fixarum, quàm erraticarum, cum ex ueteribus, tum etiam ex recentibus obseruationibus restitutos: & nouis insuper ac admirabilibus hypothesibus ornatos. Habes etiam tabulas expeditissimas, ex quibus eosdem ad quoduis tempus quàm facillime caculare poteris. Igitur eme, lege, fruere. [Line in Greek] (1543)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nicolaicopernici00cope-353-245.webp)
