"But of this, and the manner of contracting of the Pupil, more, when I come to explain that part of the Eye; that which intention it for at present is, only to explain how the Eye becomes as it were a Hand, by which the Brain feels, and touches (the Objects, by creating a Motion in the Retina, the same, and at the same Instant; with the Motion of the lucid Object it self."
Lectures of Light, Explicating its Nature, Properties, and Effects [from The Posthumous Works]
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1705).<br>
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Text from <u>The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke, M.D. S.R.S. Geom. Prof. Gresh. &C. Containing His Cutlerian Lectures, and Other Discourses, Read at the Meetings of the Illustrious Royal Society.</u> (London: Printed by Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford (printers to the Royal Society) at the Princes Arms in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1705). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T71737">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=6xVTAAAAcAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;