An essay on visual glasses, (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
Title
An essay on visual glasses, (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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London : printed for the author, and sold at his house, 1760.
"A catalogue of philosophical, optical, and mathematical instruments, made and sold by Benjamin Martin, ...": p.[25]-28.
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Author
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.
Title
An essay on visual glasses, (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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London : printed for the author, and sold at his house, 1760.