 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 pages
...machine, he »oon found it less inconvenient to view all oblique objects, wilh the eye i.cxt to ihtin, instead of the eye opposite to them. After this habit was weakened, by a week'i use of '.he gnomon, two hilt of wood, about the size of a goosc-q'nill, were blackened all bui... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1829 - 736 pages
...inches and a half. By the use of this gnomon, he soon found it less inconvenient to view all objects with the eye next to them, instead of the eye opposite...a quarter of an inch at their summits. These were presented for him to look at, one being held on one side of the extremity of this black gnomon, and... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 424 pages
...inconvenient to view all oblique objects with the eye next to them, instead of the eye opposite to.them. After this habit was weakened, by a week's use of...these were frequently presented to him to look at ; one being held on one side the extremity of his black gnomon, and the other on the opposite. In viewing... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 842 pages
...a half. By the use of this machine, he soon found it less inconvenient to view all oblique objects with the eye next to them, instead of the eye opposite...habit was weakened, by a week's use of the gnomon, two bib of wood, about the size of a goose-quill, were blackened all but a quarter of an inch at their... | |
 | William Mackenzie - 1854 - 1160 pages
...half. By the intervention of this instrument, he soon found it more convenient to view oblique objects with the eye next to them, instead of the eye opposite to them. After his habit was weakened by a week's use of the gnomon, two bits of wood, about the size of a goose-quill,... | |
 | William Mackenzie - 1855 - 1088 pages
...half. By the intervention of this instrument, he soon found it more convenient to view oblique objects with the eye next to them, instead of the eye opposite to them. After his habit was weakened by a week's use of the gnomon, two bits of wood, about the size of a goose-quill,... | |
 | 600 pages
...By the intervention of this instrument, he soon found it less inconvenient to view oblique objects with the eye next to them, instead of the eye opposite...two bits of wood, about the size of a goose-quill, blackened all but a quarter of an inch at their summits, were frequently presented for him to look... | |
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By the use of this machine, he soon found it less inconvenient to view all oblique objects with the eye next to them, instead of the eye opposite to them. After this habit was weakened, by a week's use of the gnomon, two... 