This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838. Excerpt: ... Look at the child's eye next to you, and tell me the different parts you see. Look at the middle of the eye. That black part is called the pupil. Look and see if it is the same in every eye. What is it called? Now what do you observe round it 1 That coloured ring round the pupil is called the iris. Look and see if the iris is the same in every eye.. In some it is blue, in some brown, &c. Upon what are the pupil and iris placed? That white part of the eye which is round like a ball is called the eye-ball. How many eye-balls have you? What have you on your eye-ball? On what part of the eye-ball is the pupil of the eye? On the front part. Tell me exactly where the pupil of the eye is? The pupil is in the middle of the front of the eye-ball, and has the iris round it. Where is the eye placed? In a hole of the skull. This hole is called the socket of the eye. By what is the eye covered? How many eye-lids have you to one eye? What do you call the eye-lid nearest your forehead? What the other i What eye-lid am I touching? l The upper eye-lid of the right eye. What is at the edge of the eye-lids? What do you call the hairs at the edge of your eye-lids? Are there any other hairs near your eyes? What are they called? What is the form of the eye-brows? Where are they placed? What is the great use of your eyes? What do you call people who cannot see? When cannot we who have eyes, see? When it is dark. What is necessary to enable us to see? Where does light come from? When do we lose the light of the sun? From what other natural object have we light? When does the moon give us light? What happens when we have neither moon nor sun? We have no light, and cannot see when neither the sun nor moon shines. Now listen seriously to me, and I will tell you a truth about our so...
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