NEWTON, Sir Isaac (1642-1727). Lectiones opticae, annis MDCLXIX, MDCLXX & MDCLXXI. In scholis publicis habitae: et nunc primum ex MSS. in lucem editae . London: William Innys, 1729. 4 o (221 x 168 mm). 24 folding engraved plates (occasional pale spotting). (Some minor scattered foxing and light spotting, mostly marginal). Contemporary speckled calf (rebacked in sheep, some wear to corners). Provenance : Dominique Franois Jean Arago (1786-1853), physicist who investigated the physical phenomena of light, and who suggested the "crucial experiment" which supported Young's wave theory over Newton's corpuscular theory of light (signature on title-page "F. Arago"). FIRST EDITION. AN IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY, BELONGING TO THE PHYSICIST FRANOIS ARAGO. Both the English and Latin editions of Newton's optical lectures are based on the Wickins version deposited in the University Library. Although the English edition preceded the Latin, this was the first to publish the complete lectures (including the second part). "After his return from the geodetic expedition to extend meridian triangulations from Barcelona to the Balearic Islands (see lot ***), Arago became a vocal critic of the Newtonian emission theory and, by 1816, an ardent supporter of the undulatory theory" (DSB). In 1838 Arago borrowed and amplified the idea and apparatus from Wheatstone's experiments for measuring the speed of electricity, and suggested the "crucial experiment" to decide between the corpuscular and undulatory theories of light by comparing the speed of light in water and in air. The experiment, which vindicated the undulatory position, was carried out by Foucault in 1850 and announced to the Academy in Arago's presence. Babson/Newton 155; Wallis 190; Norman 1594.
NEWTON, Sir Isaac (1642-1727). Lectiones opticae, annis MDCLXIX, MDCLXX & MDCLXXI. In scholis publicis habitae: et nunc primum ex MSS. in lucem editae . London: William Innys, 1729. 4 o (221 x 168 mm). 24 folding engraved plates (occasional pale spotting). (Some minor scattered foxing and light spotting, mostly marginal). Contemporary speckled calf (rebacked in sheep, some wear to corners). Provenance : Dominique Franois Jean Arago (1786-1853), physicist who investigated the physical phenomena of light, and who suggested the "crucial experiment" which supported Young's wave theory over Newton's corpuscular theory of light (signature on title-page "F. Arago"). FIRST EDITION. AN IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY, BELONGING TO THE PHYSICIST FRANOIS ARAGO. Both the English and Latin editions of Newton's optical lectures are based on the Wickins version deposited in the University Library. Although the English edition preceded the Latin, this was the first to publish the complete lectures (including the second part). "After his return from the geodetic expedition to extend meridian triangulations from Barcelona to the Balearic Islands (see lot ***), Arago became a vocal critic of the Newtonian emission theory and, by 1816, an ardent supporter of the undulatory theory" (DSB). In 1838 Arago borrowed and amplified the idea and apparatus from Wheatstone's experiments for measuring the speed of electricity, and suggested the "crucial experiment" to decide between the corpuscular and undulatory theories of light by comparing the speed of light in water and in air. The experiment, which vindicated the undulatory position, was carried out by Foucault in 1850 and announced to the Academy in Arago's presence. Babson/Newton 155; Wallis 190; Norman 1594.
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