The science of beautyTrubner, 1881 |
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... light cannot be suggestive of much , cannot be nearly so suggestive as when coupled with an object which has definite shape and motion , and with which we associate design and a variety of purposes . If colour as a sensation were merely ...
... light cannot be suggestive of much , cannot be nearly so suggestive as when coupled with an object which has definite shape and motion , and with which we associate design and a variety of purposes . If colour as a sensation were merely ...
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... light caused , as physicists tell us , by the wave vibrations of luminiferous ether , set up by the object which appears as coloured . All objects , other things being equal , receive an equal amount of light , i.e. , an equal amount of ...
... light caused , as physicists tell us , by the wave vibrations of luminiferous ether , set up by the object which appears as coloured . All objects , other things being equal , receive an equal amount of light , i.e. , an equal amount of ...
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... light - vibrations from all sides ; that part which is in immediate opposition to the retina - like the muzzle of a gun pointed at a target - will send its vibrations most directly and with greatest strength to the nerves . We receive ...
... light - vibrations from all sides ; that part which is in immediate opposition to the retina - like the muzzle of a gun pointed at a target - will send its vibrations most directly and with greatest strength to the nerves . We receive ...
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... light renders the optic nerve less sensitive to light , the action of shape renders it less sensitive to shape , and the action of sound renders the auditory nerve less sensitive to sound ; we must therefore endeavour to recover that ...
... light renders the optic nerve less sensitive to light , the action of shape renders it less sensitive to shape , and the action of sound renders the auditory nerve less sensitive to sound ; we must therefore endeavour to recover that ...
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... light and colour . Similarly , motion in one direction being set up in the retina , the nerves become more sensitive to motion in the contrary direction - i.e . , to the complementary motion - and after looking steadily at the running ...
... light and colour . Similarly , motion in one direction being set up in the retina , the nerves become more sensitive to motion in the contrary direction - i.e . , to the complementary motion - and after looking steadily at the running ...
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