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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
  1. 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.
Published by
  1. London : printed for the author, and sold at his house, 1760.
Author
  1. Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.

Details

Description
  1. 28 p., [1] folded leaf of plates; 21 cm. (8vo)
Subject
  1. Eyeglasses
  2. Vision
Call number
  1. *C p.v. 2449
Note
  1. Signatures: A-C⁴ [D]²
  2. "A catalogue of philosophical, optical, and mathematical instruments, made and sold by Benjamin Martin, ...": p.[25]-28.
Indexed in (note)
  1. ESTC
Author
  1. Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.
Title
  1. 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.
Imprint
  1. London : printed for the author, and sold at his house, 1760.
Edition
  1. The fifth edition.
Indexed in:
  1. ESTC T025320.
Research call number
  1. *C p.v. 2449
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