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The Wonders of Optics

Chapters (30)

THE WONDERS OF OPTICS. 0:00
THE WONDERS OF OPTICS. PREFACE. 0:09
CONTENTS. 1:22
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 2:07
CHAPTER I. THE EYE. 2:17
CHAPTER II. THE STRUCTURE OF THE EYE. 12:45
CHAPTER III. THE ERRORS OF THE EYE. 23:18
CHAPTER IV. OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. 31:44
CHAPTER V. THE APPRECIATION OF COLOUR. 44:52
CHAPTER VI. ILLUSIONS CAUSED BY LIGHT ITSELF. 59:01
CHAPTER VII. THE INFLUENCE OF THE IMAGINATION. 1:07:59
CHAPTER I. WHAT IS LIGHT? 1:28:11
CHAPTER II. THE SOLAR SPECTRUM. 1:44:42
CHAPTER III. OTHER CAUSES OF COLOUR. 1:57:37
CHAPTER IV. LUMINOUS, CALORIFIC, CHEMICAL, AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF THE SPECTRUM. 2:05:17
CHAPTER V. THE LAWS OF REFLECTION.—MIRRORS. 2:14:44
CHAPTER VI. METALLIC BURNING MIRRORS. 2:24:31
CHAPTER VII. LENSES. 2:37:42
CHAPTER VIII. OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS.—THE SIMPLE AND COMPOUND MICROSCOPE. THE SOLAR AND PHOTO-ELECTRIC MICROSCOPE. 2:48:37
CHAPTER IX. THE TELESCOPES OF GALILEO, GREGORY, NEWTON, HERSCHEL, LORD ROSSE, AND FOUCAULT. 2:59:00
CHAPTER I. THE MAGIC LANTERN. 3:28:35
CHAPTER II. THE PHANTASMAGORIA. 3:39:09
CHAPTER III. OTHER OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. 3:54:25
CHAPTER IV. THE PROPERTIES OF MIRRORS. 4:09:35
CHAPTER V. CHINESE SHADOWS. 4:17:58
CHAPTER VI. POLYORAMA—DISSOLVING VIEWS—DIORAMA. 4:25:08
CHAPTER VII. THE STEREOSCOPE. 4:29:04
CHAPTER VIII. THE CAMERA OBSCURA AND CAMERA LUCIDA. 4:37:02
CHAPTER IX. THE SPECTROSCOPE. 4:44:09
CHAPTER X. SPECTRES—THE GHOST ILLUSION. 5:08:06