Treatise on LightChristiaan Huygens
Treatise on Light
Treatise on Light was published in 1690 and is probably the largest scientific volume on light published before Newton's Opticks. The book explains how light travels (i.e., that it has a certain velocity), and what happens when it hits a surface (refraction and reflection). A large portion of the book is devoted to the double refraction occurring in Iceland chrystal, and all drawn conclusions are proved geometrically.
Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 1695) was a prominent physicist and astronomer. His main discoveries are the centrifugal force, collision laws for bodies and the argument that light consists of waves. He was a contemporary of Galilei and Descartes, and a member of the French Royal Society since 1663. (Summary by Availle)
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13 capítulos
4 h 43 min
- 1 Preface and Note by the Translator9:27
- 2 I: On Rays Propagated in Straight Lines, Part 123:13
- 3 I: On Rays Propagated in Straight Lines, Part 221:10
- 4 II: On Reflexion12:14
- 5 III: On Refraction, Part 113:04
- 6 III: On Refraction, Part 223:38
- 7 IV: On the Refraction of the Air13:42
- 8 V: On the Strange Refraction of Iceland Chrystal, Part 122:17
- 9 V: On the Strange Refraction of Iceland Chrystal, Part 240:05
- 10 V: On the Strange Refraction of Iceland Chrystal, Part 329:05
- 11 V: On the Strange Refraction of Iceland Chrystal, Part 426:12
- 12 VI: On the Figures of the Transparent Bodies, Part 121:42
- 13 VI: On the Figures of the Transparent Bodies, Part 227:32