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Eyewitness
LIGHT
(c) 2011 Dorling Kindersley, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Eyewitness
Light
Late 19th-century “fusees”
used to light cigars
Primitive oil-burning
shell lamp
Jealousy glass
c.1780, used
to view the
audience at
the theater
Gregorian
telescope c.1760
Beeswax
candle and late
19th-century
brass holder
Modern color slides
Iron glasses
with horn rims
c.1750
Magic lantern c.1895, used
to project colored images
Diamonds
(front and back)
Eyewitness
Light
Written by
Compact disc
DAVID BURNIE
Geissler tube used
for lighting
Reflecting cat’s eye
Barton’s button c.1830
Cutaway refracting telescope
Coronet Midget
camera c.1934
Primary and
secondary colors
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Woolaston optometer
c.1830, used to test
the eye’s ability to focus
Newton’s rings,
1870, used to
demonstrate
interference
LONDON, NEW YORK,
MELBOURNE, MUNICH, and DELHI
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Special photography
Dave King
US editor
Charles A. Wills
US consultant
Harvey B. Loomis
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Library of Congress Cataloging–in–Publication Data
Burnie, David.
Light / written by David Burnie.
p. cm. — (Eyewitness Books)
Includes index.
Summary: A guide to the origins, principles, and historical study of light.
1. Light—Juvenile literature. [1. Light.]
I. Title. II. Series.
QC360.B87 2000 535—dc20
92-7661
CIP
AC
ISBN 978-0-7894-4885-9 (PLC) ISBN 978-0-7894-6709-6 (ALB)
Color reproduction by Colourscan, Singapore
Printed in China by Toppan Printing Co. (Shenzhen) Ltd.
Plane mirror
c.1870
Mid 19th-century
hand polariscope
used to show
polarization of
different
substances
Replica of
Newton’s
telescope
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