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II. HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Adams, George, 1720-1773. Micrographia illustrata; or, the microscope explained, in several new inventions; likewise a natural history of aerial, terrestrial and aquatic animals, etc., considered as microscopic objects, lix + 325 p. 72 plates. Pub. for the author, London, 1771.
Adams, George, 1750-1795. Essays on the microscope, containing a description of the most improved microscopes, a history of insects, their transformations, peculiar habits, and economy with a catalogue of interesting objects. 724 p. 31 plates. Pub. for the author, London, 1787.)
Airy, George Biddell. On a peculiar defect in the eye and a mode of correcting it. Cambridge Philosophical Transactions, Vol. II, (1827), pp. 267-271. This is a discussion of astigmatism and its correction by means of cylindrical spectacles. Paper read Feb. 5, 1825. See Thomas Young.
Alhazen. Opticae thesaurus Alhazeni Arabis, libri septem, nunc primum editi, ejusdem liber de crepusculis et nubium ascensionibus, item Vitellionis Thuringopoloni, libri X. omnes instaurati, figuris illustrati et aucti, adjectis etiam in Alhazenum commentariis. A Frederico Risnero. Folio, many figures. Basileae, per Episcopios. 1572.
Bacon, Roger. Opus Majus, edited with introduction and analytical table by John Henry Bridges. 2 volumes and supplementary vol. Vol. I, clxxxvii + 440 p., 23 fig. Vol. II, 568 p., 187 fig. vSupplement, xv + 187 p. The Clarendon Press, Oxford England, 1897-1900. For modern optics the part designated De Scientia Perspectiva is most important. For use of convex lenses to aid the sight of old men, see vol. ii,p. 157, and for burning flasks, p. 471.
Bacon, Roger. Essays contributed by various writers on the occasion of the commemoration of the seventh centenary of his birth. Collected and edited by A. G. Little. 426 p. Clarendon Press, Oxford, England, 1914. Price, $5.25. Biography of Bacon and essays upon his work in various fields. List of Bacon's writings.
Baker, Henry, F.R.S. Of Microscopes and observations made thereby. 2 vol. New edition. 442 p., 17 pi. Vol. I The microscope made easy. Projection microscope. Vol. II, Employment for the microscope. London, 1785.
Barbaro, Daniel. La pratica della perspettiva di Monsignor Daniel Barbaro, eletto patriarca d' Aquileia. Opera molto utile a pittori a scultori & ad architetti. Con privilegio. 208 p. Many figures. In Venetia, appresso Camillo, & Rutilio Borgominieri fratelli, al segno di S. Giorgio. M.D. LXVIII (1568). First known user of a lens in the camera. Cap. V, p. 192.
Borellus, Petrus. De vero Telescopii inventore, cum brevi omnium Conspiciliorum historia. Ubi de eorum confectione, ac usu, seu de effectibus agitur, novaque quaedam circa ca proponuntur. Accessit etiam centuria observationum microcospicarum. Authore Petro Borello, regis christianissimi consiliario, et medico ordinario. Hagae-Comitum, ex typographia Adriani Vlaco, M.D. CLV. (1655). Important for the history of optic instruments.
Brewster, Sir David. The Edinburgh encyclopaedia. Optics, Vol. 14, pp. 589-798, Plates 428-442. Joseph and Edward Parker, Philadelphia, 1832.
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