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YOUNG, Thomas. A Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy. London: W. Savage for The Royal Institution, 1802. 4 parts in one, 8o. Each part separately titled and paginated. Woodcut text diagrams. (Some light browning and foxing throughout.) Original pink boards, paper spine label, ms. price on upper cover, UNTRIMMED (extremities slightly worn, joints split, upper cover coming loose). Provenance: Dhombres, fils (contemporary stamp on title).
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YOUNG, Thomas. A Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy. London: W. Savage for The Royal Institution, 1802. 4 parts in one, 8o. Each part separately titled and paginated. Woodcut text diagrams. (Some light browning and foxing throughout.) Original pink boards, paper spine label, ms. price on upper cover, UNTRIMMED (extremities slightly worn, joints split, upper cover coming loose). Provenance: Dhombres, fils (contemporary stamp on title).
FIRST EDITION. Thomas Young, a physician, was one of the major proponents of the wave theory of light, in opposition to Newton's corpuscular theory which had been favored throughout the 18th century. A versatile physicist and natural philosopher, he is best known for his investigations into the interference phenomena of light, first discovered in 1801. This early collection of his lectures at the Royal Institution contains two short sections on light and its properties, outlining Young's undulatory theory, and covers a variety of other topics in mechanics, hydrodynamics, physics and mathematics. It includes the important lecture "On Collision," in which Young was the first to suggest substituting the word "energy" for "living force". His lectures "were erudite and at times contained the results of his recent researches. They also were obscure, technical, and too detailed for a popular audience" (DSB). A VERY ATTRACTIVE COPY IN ORIGINAL CONDITION.
FIRST EDITION. Thomas Young, a physician, was one of the major proponents of the wave theory of light, in opposition to Newton's corpuscular theory which had been favored throughout the 18th century. A versatile physicist and natural philosopher, he is best known for his investigations into the interference phenomena of light, first discovered in 1801. This early collection of his lectures at the Royal Institution contains two short sections on light and its properties, outlining Young's undulatory theory, and covers a variety of other topics in mechanics, hydrodynamics, physics and mathematics. It includes the important lecture "On Collision," in which Young was the first to suggest substituting the word "energy" for "living force". His lectures "were erudite and at times contained the results of his recent researches. They also were obscure, technical, and too detailed for a popular audience" (DSB). A VERY ATTRACTIVE COPY IN ORIGINAL CONDITION.