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A dictionary of photography (1867)

Sutton, Thomas, 1818-1875, Dawson, George, fl. 1885, Peabody, Francis, 1801-1867 · London : S. Low, Son, & Marston · leaf 9

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herical aberration;" that is to say, of the aberration which is produced entirely by the spherical form of the surface of the medium ; the term spherical including the case of refraction at a plane surface, since a plane may be considered as a sphere of infinite radius. Pig. 1 will serve to explain… … Let A B be a single convex lens, and QABa pencil of light incident upon it, proceeding from a luminous point Q. The pencil, B

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