An essay on visual glasses, [electronic resource] : (vulgarly called spectacles) wherein it is shewn, from the principles of optics, and the nature of the eye, that the common structure of those glasses is contrary to the rules of art, to the nature of things, &c. and very prejudicial to the eyes. The nature of vision in the eye explained, and glasses of a new construction proposed. The whole illustrated by a large copper-plate print. By B. Martin.
1758
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An essay on visual glasses, [electronic resource] : (vulgarly called spectacles) wherein it is shewn, from the principles of optics, and the nature of the eye, that the common structure of those glasses is contrary to the rules of art, to the nature of things, &c. and very prejudicial to the eyes. The nature of vision in the eye explained, and glasses of a new construction proposed. The whole illustrated by a large copper-plate print. By B. Martin.
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The fourth edition.
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London : printed for the author, and sold at his house, two Doors below Crane-Court, Fleet-Street, [1758]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
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32p.,plate ; 8⁰.
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"A catalogue of philosophical, optical, and mathematical instruments, made and sold by Benjamin Martin": pp.[28]-32.
Price from imprint: price Six-Pence.
Reproduction of original from John Rylands University Library of Manchester.
Price from imprint: price Six-Pence.
Reproduction of original from John Rylands University Library of Manchester.
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English Short Title Catalog, N9399.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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