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LAMBERT, JOHANN HEINRICH. Photometria sive Mensura et Gradibus Luminis, Colorum et Umbrae. Augsburg: C.P. Detleffsen for the widow of E. Klett 1760. 8vo, 179 x 110mm. (7 1/16 x 4 3/8in.), contemporary grey boards, paper spine label, slight wear to corners. FIRST EDITION, 8 engraved folding plates at end. British Opt. Assoc. Cat II, p. 59; Grolier/Horblit 62; Honeyman sale V. 1899; PMM 205.
The scientific basis for the exact measurement of light is first published in this book. "Both Kepler and Huygens had investigated the intensity of light, and the first photometer had been constructed by Pierre Bouguer (1698-1758); but the foundation for the science of photometry--the exact scientific measurement of light--was laid by Lambert's 'Photometry' (Bouguer's treatise, Traité d'Optique sur la Gradation de la Lumière, appeared posthumously, also in 1760)....
His discoveries are of fundamental importance in astronomy, photography and visual research generally"--Printing and the Mind of Man.
Provenance: Baron Georges Cuvier (1769-1832)? inscribed "Cuvier" on front free endpaper NOT in Cuvier's hand -- Harrison D. Horblit, bookplate.
The scientific basis for the exact measurement of light is first published in this book. "Both Kepler and Huygens had investigated the intensity of light, and the first photometer had been constructed by Pierre Bouguer (1698-1758); but the foundation for the science of photometry--the exact scientific measurement of light--was laid by Lambert's 'Photometry' (Bouguer's treatise, Traité d'Optique sur la Gradation de la Lumière, appeared posthumously, also in 1760)....
His discoveries are of fundamental importance in astronomy, photography and visual research generally"--Printing and the Mind of Man.
Provenance: Baron Georges Cuvier (1769-1832)? inscribed "Cuvier" on front free endpaper NOT in Cuvier's hand -- Harrison D. Horblit, bookplate.