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
_____________
¹ edit (Jul 13): Bradley 2nd ltr
² edit (Jul 13): Bradley 1st ltr
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment