Voltaire, Elémens de la philosophie de Neuton : mis à la portée de tout le monde

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            ſa concavité, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s702" xml:space="preserve">eſt arondie vers la rétine.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s704" xml:space="preserve">Les rayons en s’échapant de cette der-
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            niere humeur achevent donc de converger.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s705" xml:space="preserve">Chaque faiſceau de rayons parti d’un point
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            de l’objet vient fraper un point de notre
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            rétine.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s707" xml:space="preserve">Une figure, où chaque partie de l’œil
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            ſe voit ſous ſon propre nom, expliquera
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            mieux tout cet artifice, que ne pourroient
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            faire des lignes, des A. </s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s709" xml:space="preserve">des B. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s710" xml:space="preserve">La ſtruc-
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            ture des yeux ainſi développée, on peut con-
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            beſoin du ſecours d’un Verre, & </s>
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            l’uſage des Lunettes.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s713" xml:space="preserve">Souvent un œil ſera trop plat, ſoit par
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              presbi-
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            la conformation de ſa cornée, ſoit par ſon
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            criſtallin, que l’âge ou la maladie aura deſſe-
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            ché; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s714" xml:space="preserve">alors les réfractions ſeront plus fai-
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            bles & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s715" xml:space="preserve">en moindre quantité, les rayons ne
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            ſe raſſembleront plus ſur la rétine. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s716" xml:space="preserve">Conſi-
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            dérez cet œil trop plat que l’on nomme œil
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            de presbite.</s>
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