Article: Jean Theophile Desaguliers (1683-1744) and eighteenth century vision research.

Nicholas J. Wade [*]

The emergence of psychology as an empirical discipline was influenced to a great extent by experimental investigations of visual phenomena, particularly in the nineteenth century. Less attention has been paid to experimental enquiries conducted in the eighteenth century, especially those of Jean Th[acute{e}ophile Desaguliers (1683-1744). He was an ardent advocate of Newtonian optics, on which he lectured and gave demonstrations. His research on colour and binocularity is outlined, together with those of other students of vision in that century. Experiments on visual vertigo conducted at the end of the century are also described. In 1716 ...

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