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The International Scientific Series-continued.

XXXVII. THE BRAIN AND ITS FUNCTIONS. By J. Luys, Physician to the Hospice de la Salpêtrière. With numerous Illustrations. Third Edition.

XXXVIII. MYTH AND SCIENCE: an Essay. By TITO VIGNOLI. Third Edition.

XXXIX. THE SUN. By C. A. YOUNG, Ph.D., LL.D. Fourth Edition.

With numerous Illustrations.

XL. ANTS, BEES, and WASPS. A Record of Observations
on the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera. By Sir JOHN LUBBOCK,
Bart., M.P. Thirteenth Edition. With 5 Chromo-lithographic Plates.
XLI. ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE. By GEORGE J. ROMANES,
LL.D., F.R.S. Fifth Edition.

XLII. The CONCEPTS and

THEORIES

PHYSICS. By J. B. STALLO. Third Edition.

of MODERN

XLIII. DISEASES of MEMORY. An Essay in the Positive Psychology. By TH. RIBOT. Third Edition.

XLIV. MAN BEFORE METALS. By N. JOLY, Correspondent

de l'Institut de France. Fifth Edition. With 148 Illustrations.

XLV. THE SCIENCE of POLITICS.

AMOS. Third Edition.

XLVI. ELEMENTARY METEOROLOGY.

By Prof. SHELDON

By ROBERT H.

SCOTT. With 11 Plates and 40 Figures in Text. Sixth Edition.

XLVII. THE ORGANS of SPEECH.

VON MEYER. With 47 Illustrations.

By GEORG HERMANN

XLVIII. FALLACIES: a View of Logic from the Practical Side. By ALFRED SIDGWICK. Second Edition.

XLIX. THE ORIGIN OF

CULTIVATED PLANTS.

ALPHONSE DE CANDOLLE. Second Edition.

By

L. JELLY FISH, STAR FISH, AND SEA URCHINS.
Being a Research on Primitive Nervous Systems. By G. J. ROMANES,
LL.D., F.R.S. Second Edition.

LI. THE COMMON SENSE OF THE ЕХАСТ
SCIENCES. By the late WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD. Third Edition,
With 100 Figures.

LII. PHYSICAL EXPRESSION : its Modes and Principles. By
FRANCIS WARNER, M.D., F.R.C.P. Second Edition. With 50 Illustrations.
LIII. ANTHROPOID APES. By ROBERT HARTMANN. With

63 Illustrations. Second Edition.

LIV. THE MAMMALIA IN THEIR RELATION TO
PRIMEVAL TIMES. By OSCAR SCHMIDT. With 51 Woodcuts.
LV. COMPARATIVE LITERATURE. By H. MACAULAY
POSNETT, LL.D.

LVI. EARTHQUAKES and other EARTH MOVEMENTS.
By Prof. JOHN MILNE. With 38 Figures. Third Edition.

LVII. MICROBES, FERMENTS, and MOULDS. By E. L.

TROUESSART. With 107 Illustrations. Second Edition.

London: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER, & CO., LTD.

LVIII. GEOGRAPHICAL and GEOLOGICAL DISTRIBU. TION of ANIMALS. By Prof. A. HEILPRIN.

LIX. WEATHER: a Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day. By the Hon. RALPH ABERCROMBY. 96 Figures. Third Edition.

With

LX. ANIMAL MAGNETISM. By ALFRED BINET and CHARLES

FÉRE, Third Edition.

LXI. MANUAL OF BRITISH DISCOMYCETES, with descriptions of all the Species of Fungi hitherto found in Britain included in the Family, and Illustrations of the Genera. By WILLIAM PHILLIPS, F.L.S. LXII. INTERNATIONAL LAW. With Materials for a Code of International Law. By Professor LEONE LEVI.

LXIII. The GEOLOGICAL HISTORY of PLANTS. By Sir J. WILLIAM DAWSON. With 80 Illustrations.

LXIV. THE ORIGIN OF FLORAL STRUCTURES THROUGH INSECT AND OTHER AGENCIES. By Prof. G. HENSLOW. Second Edition.

LXV. On the SENSES, INSTINCTS, and INTELLIGENCE of ANIMALS, with special reference to INSECTS. By Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart., M.P. With 118 Illustrations. Third Edition. LXVI. THE PRIMITIVE FAMILY IN ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. By C. N. STARCKE.

LXVII. PHYSIOLOGY of BODILY EXERCISE. BY FERNAND LAGRANGE, M.D. Second Edition.

LXVIII. The COLOURS of ANIMALS: their Meaning and Use, especially considered in the case of Insects. By E. B. POULTON, F.R.S. With Chromolithographic Frontispiece and upwards of 60 Figures in Text. Second Edition.

LXIX. INTRODUCTION TO FRESH-WATER ALGÆ. With an Enumeration of all the British Species. By M. C. COOKE, LL.D. With 13 Plates Illustrating all the Genera.

LXX. SOCIALISM: NEW AND OLD. By WILLIAM GRAHAM, M.A., Professor of Political Economy and Jurisprudence, Queen's College, Belfast. Second Edition.

LXXI. COLOUR-BLINDNESS AND COLOUR-PERCEPTION. By F. W. EDRIDGE-GREEN, M.D. With 3 Coloured Plates.

LXXII. MAN AND THE GLACIAL PERIOD. By G. F. WRIGHT, D.D. With 111 Illustrations and Maps. Second Edition.

LXXIII. HANDBOOK OF GREEK AND LATIN PALÆOGRAPHY. By E. MAUNDE THOMPSON. With Tables of Alphabets and Facsimiles. Second Edition.

LXXIV. A HISTORY of CRUSTACEA: Recent Malacostraca. By THOMAS R. R. STEBBING, M.A. With 19 Plates and 32 Figures in Text.

LXXV. THE DISPERSAL of SHELLS: an Inquiry into the means of Dispersal possessed by Fresh Water and Land Mollusca. By H. WALLIS KEW, F.Z.S. With Preface by A. R. WALLACE, F.R,S., and Illustrations.

LXXVI. RACE and LANGUAGE. By ANDRÉ LEFÈVRE, Professor in the Anthropo ogical School, Paris.

London: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER, & CO., LTD.

THE

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES.

VOL. XXXIII.

SIGHT:

AN EXPOSITION OF THE PRINCIPLES

OF

MONOCULAR AND BINOCULAR VISION.

66

BY

JOSEPH LE CONTE, LL.D.

AUTHOR OF ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY,' "RELIGION AND SCIENCE," AND PROFESSOR OF

GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.

THIRD EDITION.

LONDON:

KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO. LTD.
PATERNOSTER HOUSE, CHARING CROSS ROAD.

1895.

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