Telescope,17th century artwork. The Latin text at top identifies this section of the book as being about dioptrices,a type of telescope optics. A human eye at upper right is shown looking through the telescope. This artwork is from the 1692 edition of Specimina Philosophiae by the French philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes (1596-1650). The title translates as 'A Specimen of Philosophy',and the book was first published in 1644. It was a work of natural philosophy,setting forth Descartes' views on the scientific method,optics and meteors | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Royal Astronomical Society |
Bildgröße: | 3929 px × 4488 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
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