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CONTENTS.

Introduction Page 11

PART I.

ON THE REFLEXION AND REFRACTION OF LIGHT.

CATOPTRICS.

CHAP. I.

Reflexion by Specula and Mirrors 13

Reflexion of Rays from Plane Mirrors 15

Reflexion of Rays from Concave Mirrors 16

Reflexion of Rays from Convex Mirrors 20

CHAP. II. Images formed by Mirrors 22

DIOPTRICS.

CHAP. III. Refraction 26

CHAP. IV.

Refraction through Prisms and Lenses 31

On the total Reflexion of Light 34

Refraction of Light through Plane Glasses 36

Refraction of Light through Curved Surfaces 37

Refraction of Light through Spheres 38

Refraction of Light through Convex and Concave Surfaces . 40

Refraction of Light through Convex Lenses 41

Refraction of Light through Concave Lenses 44

Refraction of Light through Meniscuses and Concavo-convex

Lenses 45

CHAP. V. On the Formation of Images by Lenses, and on their magnifying

Power 46

CHAP. VI.

Spherical Aberration of Lenses and Mirrors 51

Spherical Aberration of Mirrors 57

On Caustic Curves formed by Reflexion and Refraction 58

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