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Excerpt from A Manual of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Vol. 2 of 2: Being the Substance of a Series of Lectures Delivered in the London, Russell, Surrey, and Methropolitan Institutions Materiality of Light. - Velocity and Minuteness of its Par ticles according to the latter Hypothesis. - Efl'ects on Vegeta tion, and other Natural Phenomena. - Refiection of Light. Variously formed Mirrors. - Caleidoscope. - Nature of Bedee tion.-white Light. A Compound of various Colours. - Rays differ in Refrangibility. - Prism. Spectrum. - Magnetizing Power of various Coloured Rays. - Calorific and Colorific Rays. -rainbow.-inflection. - Polarization of Light. - Construction of Lenses. - Improvements by Dr. Brewster. - Compound Bum ing Glass. - Nature of Vision. - Anatomy of the eye.-perma nency of Ohjects on the Retina. - Defective Vision. - Long and Short Sight. Page 1 - 138. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.