The seat of vision determined : and, by the discovery of a new function in the organ, a foundation laid for explaining its mechanism and the various phenomena, on principles hitherto unattempted / by Andrew Horn.

  • Horn, Andrew.
Date:
1813
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Credit: The seat of vision determined : and, by the discovery of a new function in the organ, a foundation laid for explaining its mechanism and the various phenomena, on principles hitherto unattempted / by Andrew Horn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ' \ “ \ ' ' 1 . \ » t ADVERTISEMENT. A' .lmSTO.fV :Ur>\. \ 'Avr-M'-I •' , t\V : T > LI->iiI / -\1 Ii) ViV.. ifo Honf'uiii The following Essay respecting the seat of vision will be found inter- esting to the professional student, as well as the philosopher, by pointing out certain new functions in the eye, besides rectifying the optic image; but as the discovery leads to much important discussion, the author was induced to pursue the subject much further, under the following heads:—first, the difference between the visible and tangible object; se- condly, distance and magnitude; thirdly, the dev elopement of a new theory of the mechanism of the or-