Treatise on Light by Christiaan Huygens - 2005-06-14

New York, NY: Dover Publications, 1962. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 129 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Top page corners lightly bumped.

MP3 Audio CD. 14.99 by Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695; Thompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips), 1851-1916 [Translator]

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Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1945. Cloth. Good to Very Good/Good to Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 129 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. NOTE: This copy is the 1960 printing.

MP3 Audio CD. Treatise on Light CHAPTER I ON RAYS PROPAGATED IN STRAIGHT LINES As happens in all the sciences in which Geometry is applied to matter, the demonstrations concerning Optics are founded on truths drawn from experience. Such are that the rays of light are propagated in straight lines; that the angles of reflexion and of incidence are equal; and that in refraction the ray is bent according to the law of sines, now so well known, and which is no less certain than the preceding laws. The majority of those who have written touching the various parts of Optics have contented themselves with presuming these truths. But some, more inquiring, have desired to investigate the origin and the causes, considering these to be in themselves wonderful effects of Nature. In which they advanced some ingenious things, but not however such that the most intelligent folk do not wish for better and more satisfactory explanations. Wherefore I here desire to propound what I have meditated on the subject, so… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Treatise on Light CHAPTER I ON RAYS PROPAGATED IN STRAIGHT LINES As happens in all the sciences in which Geometry is applied to matter, the demonstrations concerning Optics are founded on truths drawn from experience. Such are that the rays of light are propagated in straight lines; that the angles of reflexion and of incidence are equal; and that in refraction the ray is bent according to the law of sines, now so well known, and which is no less certain than the preceding laws. The majority of those who have written touching the various parts of Optics have contented themselves with presuming these truths. But some, more inquiring, have desired to investigate the origin and the causes, considering these to be in themselves wonderful effects of Nature. In which they advanced some ingenious things, but not however such that the most intelligent folk do not wish for better and more satisfactory explanations. Wherefore I here desire to propound what I have meditated on the subject, so… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Christiaan Huygens, 2017. Paperback. New. 138 pages. 8.27x5.83x0.32 inches.

Chicago: University of Chicago. 8vo, pp. 128, plus index. With diagrams. Blue cloth. Cover little faded, edges little soiled, o/w a VG tight copy. A modern version of the 1678 treatise.

Paperback / softback. New.