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The physiology of vision

Title
The physiology of vision / by C.V. Raman.
Author
Raman, C. V., 1888-1970.
Publication
Bangalore : Indian Academy of Sciences, 1968.

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Description
164 pages, 10 leaves of plates : illustrations; 22 cm
Subject
  • Vision
  • Physiological optics
  • sight (sense)
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Introduction -- Waves and corpuscles -- The structure and functioning of the retina -- The basic visual sensations -- Fluctuations of luminosity in visual fields -- Colour and luminosity in the spectrum -- The colours of interference -- The discrimination of colour -- The perception of polarise light -- Visual acuity and its variations -- Vision in dim light -- The night-sky -- Adaptation of vision to dim light -- The chromatic responses of the retina -- The visual pigments -- Defective colour vision -- The visual synthesis of colour -- The superposition of spectral colours -- Colours of physical origin -- The colours of foliage and flowers -- The colours of gemstones -- Dyes and textiles -- The reproduction of colour -- Night-blindness.
OCLC
  • ocm05629575
  • 5629575
  • SCSB-446221
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library