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Triplicus visus, directi, reflexi & refracti, de quo optica disputat, argumenta

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Triplicus visus, directi, reflexi & refracti, de quo optica disputat, argumenta

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Illustration showing aspects of optics: Battle scene with Archimedes' mirrors using sun to defend city of Syracuse against sailing ships, a rainbow, elephants crossing long bridge drawn in perspective, nude man standing in water with image distorted by refraction, and seated man with mirror.
Frontispiece in: Opticae thesaurus / Alhazen. Basileae : Per Episcopios, 1572.
Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 250.

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