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
There is a little ring between Alhazen and Hansen, never very conspicuous in the telescope, which is plainly traceable in good photographs.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
The determinations of the densities- of bodies, as given by Alhazen, approach very closely to our own.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
Like the measurements of Aristarchus and Eratosthenes, this calculation of Alhazen is simple enough in theory.
From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Williams, Henry Smith
A later edition was published, together with a translation of Alhazen, by F. Risner in 1572.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
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