William Charles Wells (1757-1817) was one of the foremost, and forgotten, American scientists of the eighteenth century. He should be acknowledged as laying the foundations for modern studies of vestibular function as well as eye movements. This book reprints his Essay on single vision with two eyes (1792) and his own Memoir of his life (1818). Wells’ essay on natural selection is reprinted as an Appendix. Wells' experiments and observations on natural phenomena will surprise students of science because of their modernity.
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"Wade's extensive knowledge [...] allows him to do a skillful job relating Well's contributions to earlier and later developments[...] The volume will interest serious scholars of visual perception and those interested in the history of this science[...] Highly recommended." (Choice, 41:4 (December 2003)
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binocular visual direction, rotative couch, following body rotation, single vision with two eyes, postrotational vertigo, essay upon single vision, visual vertigo, colour rivalry, binocular single vision, visual base, visual persistence, optic axes, ocular spectra, vestibular research, binocular combination, visible direction, partial decussation, philosophical toys, visual spirit, refracting angles, apparent retrogression, persisting images, stereoscopic depth perception, cyclopean eye, torsional nystagmus Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Society, Erasmus Darwin, John Hunter, Robert Darwin, Crum Brown, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Zoonomia, Leonardo da Vinci, Everard Home, George Fordyce, Lord Kenyon, Philosophical Transactions, Finsbury Dispensary, College of Physicians of London, David Pitcairn, Fleet Street, John Locke, Matthew Baillie, Robert Smith, South Carolina, William Lister, Bride's Church, David Hume, Edinburgh University, General Tonyn New!
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binocular visual direction, rotative couch, following body rotation, single vision with two eyes, postrotational vertigo, essay upon single vision, visual vertigo, colour rivalry, binocular single vision, visual base, visual persistence, optic axes, ocular spectra, vestibular research, binocular combination, visible direction, partial decussation, philosophical toys, visual spirit, refracting angles, apparent retrogression, persisting images, stereoscopic depth perception, cyclopean eye, torsional nystagmus Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Society, Erasmus Darwin, John Hunter, Robert Darwin, Crum Brown, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Zoonomia, Leonardo da Vinci, Everard Home, George Fordyce, Lord Kenyon, Philosophical Transactions, Finsbury Dispensary, College of Physicians of London, David Pitcairn, Fleet Street, John Locke, Matthew Baillie, Robert Smith, South Carolina, William Lister, Bride's Church, David Hume, Edinburgh University, General Tonyn New!
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- Inquiry Into the Human Mind on Principle (Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid) by Thomas Reid on page 76, page 79, and page 82
- "Why is It?" by Diane V. Wells on page 160, and page 245
- Lesestoff nach Wahl: Physik und Chemie by Ursula Thomas in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Reason Why: The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade by Cecil Woodham-Smith on page 193
- Thomas Reid by Alexander Campbell Fraser on page 185
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