Courtivron, Gaspard de Traité d'optique, où l'on... Lot 620
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Courtivron, Gaspard de Traité d'optique, où l'on donne la théorie de la lumière dans le système newtonien, avec de nouvelles solutions des principaux problèmes de dioptrique et de catoptrique. With title vignette, numerous woodcut diagrams in the text and 7 folded copper plates by Charpentier and Ingram. Paris, Durand, Pissot, 1752. (2), V, (1), 192, (6) pp. Spotty calf. d. Zt. with ribbed label and rich gilt.
Physics - Optics - Newton
Courtivron, Gaspard de
Traité d'optique, où l'on donne la théorie de la lumière dans le système newtonien, avec de nouvelles solutions des principaux problèmes de dioptrique et de catoptrique. With title vignette, numerous woodcut diagrams in the text and 7 folded copper plates by Charpentier and Ingram. Paris, Durand, Pissot, 1752. (2), V, (1), 192, (6) pp. Spotty calf d. Zt. with ribbed label and richly re-gilt.
Handwritten ex-libris "Le Prince du Saxe Cobourg" on the flyleaf. DSB, III, 454 - Gray, 202 - Poggendorff, I, 489 - Wallis, 220.7 - Original edition of this important treatise on Newtonian optics. " In his Treatise on optics, Courtivron assailed the Cartesian concept of light and championed the Newtonian. He did not servilely follow Newton, for in his view color results from differences in speed rather than from those in weight. Furthermore, in affirming that dense mediums slow down light corpuscles, he made use of Fermat's principle of least time, recently revived by Maupertuis " (DSB). Good copy. Red edge.
Physics, Newtonian optics. - Handwritten ex-libris "Le Prince du Saxe Cobourg" on the flyleaf. With title vignette, numerous woodcut diagrams in the text and 7 folded copper plates by Charpentier and Ingram. Contemporary calf leather with spine label and rich gilt backing. Original edition of this important treatise on Newtonian optics. " In his Treatise on optics, Courtivron assailed the Cartesian concept of light and championed the Newtonian. He did not servilely follow Newton, for in his view color results from differences in speed rather than from those in weight. Furthermore, in affirming that dense mediums slow down light corpuscles, he made use of Fermat's principle of least time, recently revived by Maupertuis " (DSB). A good copy. Red edges.
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