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YOUNG, Thomas (1773-1829). "On the theory of light and colours". Extract from: Philosophical Transactions 92. Part 1. London: W. Bulmer for G. & W. Nicol, 1802.
4o, pp. 12-48. Engraved plate by James Basire. (Some minor browning.) Modern morocco.
FIRST EDITION, journal issue of "An epoch-making contribution tothe theory of lights in all its phases". Read as the Bakerian Lecture, November 12, 1801, Young firmly endorsed Huygen's wave theory of light, displacing Newton's corpuscular theory which had been favoured for most of the 18th century, and so found explanations for unresolved optical phenomena such as interference. Dibner 152; PMM 259; Norman 2275.
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FIRST EDITION, journal issue of "An epoch-making contribution tothe theory of lights in all its phases". Read as the Bakerian Lecture, November 12, 1801, Young firmly endorsed Huygen's wave theory of light, displacing Newton's corpuscular theory which had been favoured for most of the 18th century, and so found explanations for unresolved optical phenomena such as interference. Dibner 152; PMM 259; Norman 2275.