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  • You can purchase a pair or a single contact made by Bausch & Lomb sold at the "Optica" (can't recall its name) that's right in front of Lloyd's across of the carretera, at the shopping center where there's also a Gym in the corner.

    Contact Lens Purchase... 2003

  • In his Astronomiae pars Optica of 1604 Kepler notes that all the conic sections are continuously derivable from one another both through focal motion and by variation of the angle with the cone of the cutting plane.

    Continuity and Infinitesimals Bell, John L. 2009

  • Note 24: Isaac Newton, "Optica, Part II, Lecture 5," in The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton.vol. 1, The Optical Lectures 1670 – 1672, ed. Alan E. Shapiro (Cambridge, 1984), 472 – 73. back

    The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

  • Greek books of science (Optica by Euclid mentioned above) and mythology (the Odyssey by Homer), or books from China (the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu, written 600 years before Christ was born), or books from India (the Hindu Vedic texts compiled between 1000 B.C. and 500 B.C., making them the oldest known group of religious writings in the world).

    Butt out « BuzzMachine 2005

  • And for those who ask about the costs of other medical services, I just had new eyeglasses made, using Optica San Miguel, and paid less than $400 US for the thorough exam, top of the line extremely lightweight and flexible titanium frames that are only the nosepiece and side arms, progressive lenses with no line to show the bifocals, and Transitions lenses so that sunglasses are not needed.

    More on medical services in San Miguel 2004

  • He had already (1663) published his _Optica promota_, and it is not remarkable that his brilliancy brought him a wide circle of friends on the continent and the offer of a pension from Louis XIV.

    A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838

  • Bubi CanalAn image from the Spanish film "Chrystelle," by Bubi Canal, part of the Optica film festival.

    NYT > Home Page By VALERIE GLADSTONE 2011

  • To prove its inclusiveness, the directors, Patricia Peláez Álvarez and José Ramón González Saiz, have produced an Optica Kit, available by mail, for beginning filmmakers to try their hands at creating their own video art at home.

    NYT > Home Page By VALERIE GLADSTONE 2011

  • Since its inception seven years ago in Gijón, Optica has become a popular event in other European and South American cities and plans to extend its reach to New York and Los Angeles in 2012.

    NYT > Home Page By VALERIE GLADSTONE 2011

  • Experimental video art takes the spotlight at Optica, a festival featuring works produced by filmmakers from around the world.

    NYT > Home Page By VALERIE GLADSTONE 2011

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