Alhazen
Americannoun
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Alhazen had shown how light travels in straight lines, so that vision depends on a cone of straight lines extending outward from the eye to the object.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The magnifying power of the segment of a glass sphere had been noted by Alhazen, who had observed also that the magnification was increased by increasing the size of the segment used.
From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Williams, Henry Smith
Alhazen and Vitellon: two writers on optics — the first supposed to have lived about 1100, the other about 1270.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
Vitello’s work is to a very great extent based upon Alhazen and some of the earlier writers, and was first published in 1535.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
In the field of physical science one of the most important of the Arabian scientists was Alhazen.
From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Williams, Henry Smith
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