Friday, July 13, 2018

Ptolemy, Kepler, Newton & Huygens on Refraction


  Some references on the history of refraction:

160s -
  Ptolemy - Optics  Lejeune  Smith

1611 -
  Kepler - Dioptrice - refringuntur & refracti

1672 -
  Newton - Philos. Trans., concave mirror vs convex lens (aberration)
  Newton - use of the word aberration in a response

1687 -
  Newton - Principia Mathematica, 1st Law, uniform rectilinear motion

1690 -
  Huygens - Traité de la lumière, refraction, proportion of sines

1703 -
  Huygens - Dioptrica, Snell, refraction, proportion of sines

1704 -
  Newton - Opticks, ratio of sines, refrangible rays (aberration)

1727-8² -
  Bradley - Philos. Trans. stellar aberration

1747¹ -
  Bradley - Philos. Trans., stellar aberration
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¹ edit (Jul 13): Bradley 2nd ltr
² edit (Jul 13): Bradley 1st ltr

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