 We see more exquisitely with one eye shut than with both, because the vital spirits thus unite themselves the more, and become the stronger ; for we may find by looking in a glass whilst we shut one eye, that the pupil of the other dilates.  The Works of Francis Bacon: Sylva sylvarum - Page 332by Francis Bacon - 1815Full view - About this book
 | 1858 - 620 pages
...very erroneous manner. ' We see more exquisitely,' says Lord Bacon, ' with one eye than with both, because the vital ' spirits thus unite themselves the more and become the stronger;' and other writers, though in different language, agree with Bacon in attributing the result to the... | |
 | English literature - 1841 - 582 pages
...of the visual power in a singl* eye. '• We see more exquisitely with one eye shut than with both, because the vital spirits thus unite themselves the...shut one eye, that the pupil of the other dilates.*" • Lord Bacon's Works, Sylva Sylvarum, art. Vision. Quoted by Prof. Wheatstui:e, on Vision, Phil.... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - Mathematics - 1838 - 538 pages
...to is an observation which has often * " We see more exquisitely with one eye shut than with both, because the vital spirits thus unite themselves the...one eye, that the pupil of the other dilates."— Lord BACON'S Works, Sylva Sylvarum, art. Vision. occurred to me while examining figures and engraved... | |
 | 1841 - 542 pages
...exquisitely with one eye shut than with both, because the vital spirits thus unite themselves the more, uncl become the stronger : for we may find by looking in...shut one eye, that the pupil of the other dilates." — Lord BACON'S Works, Sylva Sylvorum, art. Vision. of the effect does not appear to be generally... | |
 | Sir Charles Wheatstone - Electricity - 1879 - 454 pages
...building appears to a single eye placed * " We see more exquisitely with one eye shut than with both, because the vital spirits thus unite themselves the...shut one eye, that the pupil of the other dilates.'' — LORD BACON'S Works, Sylva Sylvamm, art. Vision. *~~~ at the point of sight to be in bold relief,... | |
 | Sir Charles Wheatstone - Electricity - 1879 - 452 pages
...building appears to a single eye placed * " "We see more exquisitely with one eye shut than with both, because the vital spirits thus unite themselves the more, and become the stronger j for we may find by looking in a glass whilst we shut one eye, that the pupil of the other dilates."... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1883 - 816 pages
...very erroneous manner. " We see more exquisitely," says Lord Bacon, " with one eye than with both, because the vital spirits thus unite themselves the more and become the stronger ;" and other writers, though in different language, agree with Bacon in attributing the result to the... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - Human information processing - 1894 - 824 pages
...erroneous mauner. " We see more exquisitely," says Lord Bacon, " with one eye than with both, becanse the vital spirits thus unite themselves the more and become the stronger ;" and other writers, though in different language, agree with Bacon in attributing the result to the... | |
 | Science - 1882 - 900 pages
...life in a wide-awake world. Lord Bacon says : " We see more exquisitely with one eye than with both, because the vital spirits thus unite themselves the...shut one eye that the pupil of the other dilates." But even the cogent logic of Lord Bacon would scarcely reconcile many of us to the adoption of strictly... | |
 | John Edward Wallace Wallin - Optical illusions - 1905 - 346 pages
...PsychDlogy, I 293-294 New York 1901). Ths operation of these receives concrete illustration in the text. '^"Because the vital spirits thus unite themselves the more and become the stronger" . (Bacon). Cf. The Edinburg Review CVIII 448 Edinburg 1858. Still water on photographs looks opaque... | |
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