Pierre Bouguer's Optical Treatise on The Gradation of Light / / W.E.K. Middleton.
In 1760 the first edition of the Traite d’optique sur la gradation de la lumiere of Pierre Bouguer was published posthumously. Bouguer (1698-1758), French mathematician, professor of hydrography, and author of works on the theory of navigation, can also be considered the inventor of photometry, and...
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Middleton, W.E.K., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Pierre Bouguer's Optical Treatise on The Gradation of Light / W.E.K. Middleton. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019] ©1961 1 online resource (265 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Heritage Frontmatter -- Introduction -- Contents -- Publisher's note -- Extracts from the Registers of the Royal Academy of Sciences,July 26th, 1758, and March 31st, 1759 -- Bouguer's contents -- BOOK ONE: Various Means of Measuring Light, with Several Applications of These -- BOOK TWO: Researches on the Quantity of Light Reflected by Surfaces Both Polished and Rough -- BOOK THREE: Researches on the Transparency and Opacity of Bodies -- Appendix restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In 1760 the first edition of the Traite d’optique sur la gradation de la lumiere of Pierre Bouguer was published posthumously. Bouguer (1698-1758), French mathematician, professor of hydrography, and author of works on the theory of navigation, can also be considered the inventor of photometry, and the Traite was his definitive word on the subject. It has become one of the classic treatises of science, but even in French has long been unavailable. The last part of the work is remarkable for having anticipated the modern theory of the visibility of objects in a horizontal direction through the atmosphere. Dr. Middleton’s translation is accompanied by explanatory notes and a biographical and critical introduction. The book will be of interested to those working in the field of optics and to students of the history of science. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Optics Early works to 1800. SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 9783110490947 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487578138 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487578138 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781487578138.jpg |
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