Excerpt from Retinoscopy (or Shadow Test) In the Determination of Refraction at One Meter Distance, With the Plane Mirror The first edition of this book was published in March, 1897, and it is indeed gratifying to the author that the work has found such favor as to call for a second in so short a time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.