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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Early works Early works to 1800 Ouvrages avant 1800 |
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Material Type: | Document, Government publication, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
W E K Middleton |
ISBN: | 9781487578138 148757813X |
OCLC Number: | 1129156706 |
Language Note: | In English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (265 pages) |
Contents: | 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 |
Series Title: | Heritage |
Responsibility: | W.E.K. Middleton. |
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Abstract:
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.
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