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...briefly notice the more important results which were obtained by the distant view. They are as follow:— 1. The flash of the lens revolving slowly was very...than that of the rapidly revolving series: and this decrease of size in the luminous object presented to the eye became more marked as the rate of revolution...

...briefly notice the more important results which were obtained by the distant view. They are as follow:— 1. The flash of the lens revolving slowly was very...than that of the rapidly revolving series; and this decrease of size in the luminous object presented to the eye became more marked as the rate of revolution...

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