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A man behind a woman who is combing her hair; representing the sense of sight. Engraving.

Looking up from underneath a microscope

Retinal ganglion cell

A woman looks at herself in her mirror; a man looks through a telescope; representing the sense of sight. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1650.

Visual distortion

Human eye with blue iris

Brown jumping spider (unknown species)

An old woman wearing spectacles; representing the sense of sight. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.

Colour vision

Sclera (white part) of the human eye

Zur Physiologie des Gesichtssinnes / von A. Classen.

Eyesight, good & bad : a treatise on the exercise and preservation of vision.

Hints to students on the use of the eyes / by Edward Reynolds.

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A woman looks at herself in her mirror; a man looks through a telescope; representing the sense of sight. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1650.

Sclera (white part) of the human eye

Zur Physiologie des Gesichtssinnes / von A. Classen.

Eyesight, good & bad : a treatise on the exercise and preservation of vision.

Hints to students on the use of the eyes / by Edward Reynolds.