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The elements of optics. : In four books. Book I. Simple optics, or Direct vision. Book II. Catoptrics, or Reflected vision. Book III. Dioptrics, or Refracted vision. Book IV. The construction of optical instruments

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]
Call number: 487000:0101
Creator: Emerson, William (1701-1782)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 22 cm
Associated people: Nourse, J. (-1780,); Bowen, Ira Sprague, (1898-1973,)
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