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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 2, 2020

Oculus, hoc est: fundamentum opticum.

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Innsbruck: apud D. Agricolam, 1619 CE.

Scheiner, a Jesuit astronomer, was a pioneer in physiological optics. He demonstrated how images fall on the human retina, noting the change in curvature of the lens during accommodation, and devised the pin-hole test (“Scheiner’s test”) to illustrate accommodation and refraction.

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Publication place: Innsbruck