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THIS book is designed for the general reader, and is, on the whole, well suited to this class of person. The principal drawback it possesses is unquestionably the want of a good index, while the division into short numbered sections of in many cases a few lines only is very inconvenient, and produces a sensation of discontinuity of subject. Some parts are excellently done, notably the illustrations given of irregular reflection by turbid media, the description of colour produced by absorption, and the part dealing with colour-blindness. In connection with this last subject much extension of our knowledge would no doubt result from systematic observation of the progressive development of colour-blindness in cases of locomotor ataxy.
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By C. T. Whitmell. (Cardiff: Wm. Lewis, 1888.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 40, 518 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/040518a0
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