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Excerpt from Light: Its Nature, Sources, Effects, and Applications
The discoveries Of Photographic science 'have communicated to the general subject of which this work treats a new interest and importance. And while the author has by no means intended in his present work to put forth a treatise on photography, - yet it cannot be questioned that this art, of which it treats in sufficient detail for ordinary purposes, gives a fresh value to what was already known about Light. In like manner it might be argued that the discoveries of James Watt, on steam and its applications, added an interest to the subject Of Caloric; and certainly, they directed both the attention of the people and that of philo sophers to the science of heat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
