Cartesian diagrams of vision
Date
late 17th century
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p391
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 294mm
width (page): 188mm
width (page): 188mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Diagrams of the eye, including how one sees with two eyes; image of a hand indicating the difference between single- and double-eye vision; and image of a man with a divining road (with a dog). Keyed, but with no text. See the similar diagrams in Rene Descartes, Specimina Philosophiæ (Amsterdam: D. Elsevier, 1677). From the papers of Robert Boyle.
Related fellows
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
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