Oculus Hoc Est: Fundamentum Opticum
Title
Oculus Hoc Est: Fundamentum Opticum
Subject
Optics
Description
Scheiner was a Jesuit mathematician working in Rome. This treatise describes how the eye sees an inverted image that it somehow is able to flip. Scheiner's descriptions played a large role in the success of Johannes Kepler's theory of vision.
Creator
Christoph Scheiner
Publisher
Oeniponti (Innsbruck): Daniel Agricola
Date
1619
Contributor
Christoph Scheiner
Language
Latin
Type
text
Identifier
Printed text with woodcuts
Citation
Christoph Scheiner, “Oculus Hoc Est: Fundamentum Opticum,” Art and Science in the Early Modern World, accessed November 20, 2024, http://artandscience.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/137.
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