Treatise on light (Registro nro. 56113)
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| control field | 14725 |
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QC |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Huygens, Christiaan, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1629-1695 |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Traité de la lumière. English |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Treatise on light |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2005 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2005-01-18 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | E-text prepared by Clare Boothby, Stephen Schulze, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Treatise on Light" by Christiaan Huygens is a scientific treatise written in the late 17th century. The work delves into the properties of light, focusing on phenomena like reflection and refraction, and makes significant observations about the unusual behavior of Iceland crystal. Huygens aims to rationalize the behavior of light through principles drawn from both mathematics and experimental evidence, offering explanations that reflect the scientific inquiries of his time. The opening of the treatise introduces the author’s motivation for writing and the context in which his findings were presented, specifically to the Royal Academy of Science in France. Huygens describes the foundation of his work as based on both logical deductions and empirical observations, expressing a desire to clarify misconceptions about light propagation. He discusses the perception of light as a movement of ethereal matter, critiques previous theories, and lays the groundwork for exploring the principles of light's straight-line propagation, reflection, and refraction, ultimately leading to a detailed investigation of the unique properties observed in Iceland crystal. The discussion sets the stage for the treatise's exploration of optical phenomena and the pursuit of scientific truth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Wave theory of light |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Refraction, Double |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Thompson, Silvanus P. |
| Fuller form of name | (Silvanus Phillips), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1851-1916 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14725">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14725</a> |
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