كتاب المناظر (The Optics of Ibn al-Haytham, Books I-III) (1021) - Page 3

Translation of the Optics of Ibn al-Haytham

Books I–III: On Direct Vision

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BOOK I. ON THE MANNER OF VISION IN GENERAL
Chapter 1. Preface to the [whole] book	3
Chapter 2. Inquiry into the properties of sight	6
Chapter 3. Inquiry into the properties of lights and into the manner of radiation of lights	13
Chapter 4. On the effect of light upon sight	51
Chapter 5. On the structure of the eye	55
Chapter 6. On the manner of vision	63
Chapter 7. On the utilities of the instruments of sight	100
Chapter 8. On the reasons for the conditions without the combination of which vision is not effected	104
BOOK II. ON THE VISIBLE PROPERTIES, THEIR CAUSES AND THE MANNER OF THEIR PERCEPTION
Chapter 1. Preface	113
Chapter 2. On distinguishing the lines of the ray	114
Chapter 3. On the manner of perceiving each of the particular visible properties	126
Perception of Light and Colour	142
Perception of Distance	149
Perception of Position	158
Perception of Solidity	168
Perception of Shape	171
Perception of Size	173
Perception of Separation	191
Perception of Continuity	192
Perception of Number	192
Perception of Motion	193
Perception of Rest	196
Perception of Roughness	196
Perception of Smoothness	197
Perception of Transparency	198

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