Handbuch der physiologischen Optik. Contained in: Allgemeine Encyklopädie der Physik, Bd. IX, Lieferungen 1, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19

by Hermann Helmholtz

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First edition

Leipzig: Leopold Voss, 1856-60-66-67. First edition, and the only recorded copy in the original parts, of “the most important book on the physiology and physics of vision” Grolier/Horblit , and “one of the greatest books on physiological optics” Garrison-Morton . This work encompassed all previous research in the field, including the results of Helmholtz’s work in optics: his study of

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