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dioptric [dī′äp·trik]
(optics) Serving in or effecting refraction. Produced by means of refraction. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Citing examples of lenses in museums, many of which he has tested himself, he describes the grinding technology, reading stones and the first dioptrical vision aids, glass technology and the invention of spectacles, the development of spectacles through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and modern lens grinding technique developed during the 16th century. In the same way that Cavendish addresses her Observat ions upon Experimental Philosophy to what she refers to as "Modern Experimentall and Dioptrical Writers," here Cavendish mentions the experimental philosophers and the astronomers both first and at greatest length. |
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