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" ... a glass of broken jelly, where a great variety of surfaces so differently refract the light, that the several distinct pencils of rays cannot be collected by the eye into their proper foci; wherefore the shape of an object in... "
The Works of Adam Smith: Considerations concerning the formation of ... - Page 373
by Adam Smith - 1811
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The Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year 1700 ...

Royal Society (Great Britain) - Mathematics - 1734 - 552 pages
...aque- ^h'a^d n-^Reous Humour, or the anterior Surface of the Cryftalline (by which áimtrnei of the Rays cannot be brought into a Focus upon the Retina) they can ,-«r bavin* difcern in no other Manner, than a found Eye can thro' a Glafs of/fa, ana was broken Jelly,...
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A Compleat System of Opticks in Four Books, Viz. A Popular, a ..., Volume 1

Robert Smith - Electronic books - 1738 - 402 pages
...let in obliquely through the aqueous humour^ or the anterior furface of the cryftalline {by which the rays cannot be brought into a focus upon the retina)...the light, that the feveral diftinct pencils of rays cannot be collected by the eye into their proper foci; wherefore the fhape of an object in fuch a cafe,...
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The Anatomy of the Human Body

William Cheselden - Anatomy - 1740 - 438 pages
...let in obliquely through the aqueous humour, or the anterior furface of the cryftaline, by which the rays Cannot be brought into a focus upon the retina,...the light, that the feveral diftinct pencils of rays cannot be collected by the eye into their proper foci ; wherefore the fhape of an object in fuch a...
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Essays on Philosophical Subjects

Adam Smith - Economists - 1795 - 402 pages
...obliquely through " the aqueous humour, or the anterior furface of the cryftalline, " (by which the rays cannot be brought into a focus upon the ** retina,)...a glafs of broken jelly, where a great variety of fur" faces fo differently refract the light, that the feveral diftinct pen** cils of rays cannot be...
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The Works of Adam Smith: Considerations concerning the formation of ...

Adam Smith - English literature - 1811 - 602 pages
...obliquely ** through the aqueous humour, or the ante" rior furface of the cryftalline, (by which the " rays cannot be brought into a focus upon " the retina,)...differently refract the light, " that the feveral dif liner, pencils of rays can" not be collected by the eye into their proper " foci; wherefore the...
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A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 3

John Walker - 1811 - 574 pages
...let in obliquely through the aqueous humour, or the anterior surface of the crystaline (by which the rays cannot be brought into a focus upon the retina,) they can discern in no other manner than a sound eye can through a glass of broken jelly, where a great variety...
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Vulgar Errors, Ancient and Modern, Attributed as Imports to the Proper Names ...

Gilbert Dyer - Great Britain - 1816 - 440 pages
...furface of the chryftalline, by, which the rays cannot be brought into a focus upon the retina, they dan difcern in no other manner than a found eye can through...jelly, where a great variety of furfaces fo differently reflect the light, that the feveral diftinct pencils of rays cannot be colle&ed by the eye into their...
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The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian

Youth's instructor - 1822 - 488 pages
...in obliquely through the aqueous humour, or the anterior surface of the crystalline, (by which the rays cannot be brought into a focus upon the retina,) they can discern in no other manner than a sound eye can through a glass of broken jelly, where a great variety...
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Über die Bildung der Gesichtsvorstellungen aus den Gesichtsempfindungen

G. Heermann - Ophthalmology - 1835 - 274 pages
...raye cannot be brought into a focus upon the retina, they can discern in no other manner than a sound eye can through a glafs of broken jelly, where a great variety of surfaces so differently refract the light, that the several distinct pencils of ray cannot be collected...
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An appendix to the fourth edition of the Anatomy of the human body. To which ...

William Cheselden - 1839 - 32 pages
...let in obliquely through the aqueous humour, or the anterior surface of the chrystaline (by which the rays cannot be brought into a focus upon the retina) they can discern in no other manner, than a sound eye can through a glass of broken jelly, where a great variety...
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