Introduction to physiological optics
By: by James P. C. Southall.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1937
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 426
Subjects: Physiological optics
Notes: Includes references in the text.
"The material of this volume has been compiled from a course of lectures ... which I have given in Columbia University for undergraduate students over a long period of years."--Pref.
Table of contents: label: Chapter I
title: The Organ of Vision; label: 1
title: The Sense of Sight
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Structure of the Human Eyeball
pagenum: 8; label: 3
title: The Retina of the Human Eye
pagenum: 13; label: 4
title: The Transparent Humors Including the Crystalline Lens
pagenum: 16; label: 5
title: The Dioptric System of the Human Eye
pagenum: 18; label: 6
title: The Fundus of the Living Eye as Revealed by Means of the Ophthalmoscope
pagenum: 20; label: 7
title: The Retinal Image and the Resolving Power of the Eye
pagenum: 24; label: 8
title: Monocular and Binocular Vision
pagenum: 29; label: 9
title: Adaptation of the Organ of Vision
pagenum: 34; label: 10
title: Characteristic Appearance of a Visible Object
pagenum: 36; label: 11
title: Concerning Fechner's Psychophysical Law
pagenum: 38; label: Chapter II
title: The Optical System of the Eye; label: 1
title: Image-equations in the Case of a Symmetrical Optical Instrument
pagenum: 43; label: 2
title: Reflex Images in the Cornea and Crystalline Lens
pagenum: 48; label: 3
title: The Schematic Eye for Paraxial Rays
pagenum: 54; label: 4
title: Computation of the Cardinal Points of the Schematic Eye
pagenum: 59; label: 5
title: Emmetropia and Ametropia
pagenum: 62; label: 6
title: Amplitude and Region of Accommodation
pagenum: 67; label: 7
title: Size of Sharp Image on the Retina of the Unaided Eye
pagenum: 70; label: 8
title: Measure of the Visual Acuity of the Unaided Eye
pagenum: 75; label: 9
title: Mechanism of Accommodation
pagenum: 79; label: 10
title: Blur Circles on the Retina
pagenum: 83; label: 11
title: Gradual Loss of Accommodation from Youth to Old Age
pagenum: 86; label: Chapter III
title: Correction Eye-glasses; label: 1
title: Concerning the History of Spectacles
pagenum: 90; label: 2
title: Distance Eye-glass for Correction of Ametropia
pagenum: 94; label: 3
title: Size of Sharp Image on the Retina of Corrected Ametropic Eye (Spectacle-Magnification)
pagenum: 101; label: 4
title: Visual Acuity of Corrected Ametropic Eye
pagenum: 103; label: 5
title: Telescopic Spectacles
pagenum: 107; label: 6
title: Telescopic Spectacles for Near Vision
pagenum: 112; label: 7
title: Change of Amplitude of Accommodation by Distance Correction-glass
pagenum: 115; label: 8
title: Presbyopia and Presbyopic Spectacles
pagenum: 116; label: 9
title: Distance Eye-glass for Aphakic Eye
pagenum: 122; label: 10
title: Concerning Bifocal Eye-glasses
pagenum: 124; label: Chapter IV
title: Hyperopia, Myopia and Astigmatism; label: 1
title: Hyperopia, Its General Nature, Symptoms and Treatment
pagenum: 128; label: 2
title: Myopia, Its Nature, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
pagenum: 134; label: 3
title: Elementary Geometrical Theory of Astigmatism
pagenum: 144; label: 4
title: Ocular Astigmatism
pagenum: 148; label: 5
title: Astigmatic Spectacles
pagenum: 151; label: 6
title: Contact Eye-glasses
pagenum: 154; label: Chapter V
title: Movements of the Eyeball in Its Socket; label: I
title: Kinematics of the Mobile Eye; label: 1
title: Extrinsic Muscles of the Eye
pagenum: 164; label: 2
title: Centre of Rotation of the Eye and Direction of Line of Fixation
pagenum: 170; label: 3
title: Listing's Law
pagenum: 175; label: 4
title: Direction-circles of the Field of Fixation
pagenum: 179; label: II
title: Spectacles for the Mobile Eye; label: 5
title: Purpose and Requirements of Spectacles for the Mobile Eye
pagenum: 186; label: 6
title: Mathematical Formulation of the Problem for an Infinitely Thin Lens
pagenum: 191; label: A
title: Distance Correction-glass for the Mobile Eye
pagenum: 194; label: B
title: So-called 'Loup' Spectacle-glass for the Mobile Eye
pagenum: 198; label: 7
title: Punctual Eye-glass ('Punktal' Lens) for the Mobile Eye (taking in account the axial thickness)
pagenum: 202; label: Chapter VI
title: Nature of Binocular Vision; label: 1
title: Conjunction of the Two Eyes
pagenum: 208; label: 2
title: Simultaneous Movements of the Two Eyes in Binocular Vision
pagenum: 211; label: 3
title: Convergence
pagenum: 214; label: 4
title: Accommodation and Convergence
pagenum: 217; label: 5
title: Identical Places on the Two Retinas, and the Horopter
pagenum: 221; label: 6
title: Direction of Binocular Vision
pagenum: 225; label: 7
title: Binocular Diplopia
pagenum: 228; label: 8
title: Binocular Depth-perception
pagenum: 231; label: 9
title: Stereoscopic Views
pagenum: 236; label: 10
title: Stereoscopes of Wheatstone and Brewster
pagenum: 239; label: 11
title: Geometrical Theory of Relief-perspective
pagenum: 243; label: 12
title: Pseudoscopy
pagenum: 249; label: 13
title: Radius of Stereoscopic Vision
pagenum: 254; label: 14
title: Stereoscopic Illusion with Respect to Pendulum Motion
pagenum: 259; label: Chapter VII
title: Rod Vision and Cone Vision; label: 1
title: Dark Adaptation of the Eye
pagenum: 263; label: 2
title: Twilight Vision
pagenum: 270; label: 3
title: Colour Zones of the Retina
pagenum: 276; label: 4
title: Congenital Total Colour Blindness
pagenum: 278; label: 5
title: The Duplicity Theory
pagenum: 281; label: 6
title: Concerning the Phylogeny of the Sense of Sight
pagenum: 289; label: Chapter VIII
title: Colour Vision and Colorimetry; label: 1
title: Concerning the Sensation of Colour
pagenum: 295; label: 2
title: Whiteness and Blackness
pagenum: 300; label: 3
title: The Toned Colours (Chromata)
pagenum: 304; label: 4
title: Character and Distribution of the Colours in the Spectrum
pagenum: 308; label: 5
title: Binary Mixtures of Spectral Colours
pagenum: 313; label: 6
title: The Colour Manifold
pagenum: 319; label: 7
title: Trichromatic Colour Equations
pagenum: 324; label: 8
title: Colour Triangle
pagenum: 326; label: 9
title: Gauging the Spectrum
pagenum: 329; label: 10
title: Transformation of the Colour Coordinates
pagenum: 332; label: Chapter IX
title: Concerning Theories of Colour Vision; label: 1
title: Young-Helmholtz Three-components Colour Theory
pagenum: 338; label: 2
title: Criticism of the Three-components Theory
pagenum: 340; label: 3
title: Concerning Dichromatic Vision from the Standpoint of Young's Theory
pagenum: 346; label: 4
title: Determination of the Fundamental Colour Sensation Which is Supposed to be Lacking in Dichromatic Vision
pagenum: 350; label: 5
title: Measure of Saturation
pagenum: 352; label: 6
title: Hering's Opponent-colours Theory
pagenum: 354; label: 7
title: Ostwald's Colour Theory
pagenum: 359; label: Chapter X
title: Temporal and Spatial Reactions of the Organ of Vision; label: 1
title: Concerning Persistence of Vision
pagenum: 366; label: 2
title: Flicker Phenomena and Fusion Frequency
pagenum: 372; label: 3
title: After-images or Successive Induction
pagenum: 377; label: 4
title: Latent Period, Recurrent Vision, Persistence of Colour Matches and Other Metrical Relations of After-images
pagenum: 385; label: A
title: Latent Period
pagenum: 386; label: B
title: Recurrent Vision
pagenum: 387; label: C
title: Persistence of Colour Matches
pagenum: 391; label: 5
title: Simultaneous Contrast or Spatial Induction
pagenum: 393; title: Index
pagenum: 405