A Short Elementary Treatise on Experimental and Mathematical Optics; Designed for the use of Students in the University

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22.5 x 14 cm. Octavo. xviii 182pp, (2). 4 fold-out plates. Illustrations. Bound in grey boards. Outer hinges are cracked, but still holding. Foxing to the plates. Spine label scuffed. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Rare work. "Powell's early experimental work concentrated on radiant heat and the wave theory of light. he arged that radiant heat could be intercepted by a glass screen, whereas the light emitted by hot bodies, being capable of pasing through the screen, increased the heating effect of the source. his experiments on the dipersion of light carried on in the early 1830s as exemplification of Cauchy's wave theory of light met with qualified approval. Fellow of hte Royal Society. " DSB XI. ODNB. N° de ref. del artículo 67397

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