II. HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 



Adams, George, 1720-1773. Micrographia illustrata; or, the microscope 

 explained, in several new inventions; likewise a natural history of aerial, 

 terrestrial and aquatic animals, etc., considered as microscopic objects, 

 lix + 325 p. 72 plates. Pub. for the author, London, 1771. 



Adams, George, 1750-1795. Essays on the microscope, containing a descrip- 

 tion of the most improved microscopes, a history of insects, their transfor- 

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Airy, George Biddell. On a peculiar defect in the eye and a mode of correcting 

 it. Cambridge Philosophical Transactions, Vol. II, (1827), pp. 267-271. 

 This is a discussion of astigmatism and its correction by means of cylindrical 

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Alhazen. Opticae thesaurus Alhazeni Arabis, libri septem, nunc primum editi, 

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 Thuringopoloni, libri X. omnes instaurati, figuris illustrati et aucti, adjectis 

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Bacon, Roger. Opus Majus, edited with introduction and analytical table by 

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 + 440 p., 23 fig. Vol. II, 568 p., 187 fig. vSupplement, xv + 187 p. 

 The Clarendon Press, Oxford England, 1897-1900. For modern optics 

 the part designated De Scientia Perspectiva is most important. For use 

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Bacon, Roger. Essays contributed by various writers on the occasion of the 

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 Price, $5.25. Biography of Bacon and essays upon his work in various 

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Baker, Henry, F.R.S. Of Microscopes and observations made thereby. 

 2 vol. New edition. 442 p., 17 pi. Vol. I The microscope made easy. 

 Projection microscope. Vol. II, Employment for the microscope. Lon- 

 don, 1785. 



Barbaro, Daniel. La pratica della perspettiva di Monsignor Daniel Barbaro, 

 eletto patriarca d' Aquileia. Opera molto utile a pittori a scultori & ad 

 architetti. Con privilegio. 208 p. Many figures. In Venetia, appresso 

 Camillo, & Rutilio Borgominieri fratelli, al segno di S. Giorgio. M.D. 

 LXVIII (1568). First known user of a lens in the camera. Cap. V, p. 192. 



Borellus, Petrus. De vero Telescopii inventore, cum brevi omnium Con- 

 spiciliorum historia. Ubi de eorum confectione, ac usu, seu de effectibus 

 agitur, novaque quaedam circa ca proponuntur. Accessit etiam centuria 

 observationum microcospicarum. Authore Petro Borello, regis christia- 

 nissimi consiliario, et medico ordinario. Hagae-Comitum, ex typographia 

 Adriani Vlaco, M.D. CLV. (1655). Important for the history of optic 

 instruments. 



Brewster, Sir David. The Edinburgh encyclopaedia. Optics, Vol. 14, pp. 

 589-798, Plates 428-442. Joseph and Edward Parker, Philadelphia, 

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