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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ADDITIONAL CORRECTION IN VOL. II
- A HISTORY OF THE INDUCTIVE SCIENCES
- BOOK VI HISTORY OF MECHANICS, INCLUDING FLUID MECHANICS
- BOOK VII HISTORY OF PHYSICAL ASTRONOMY
- BOOK VIII HISTORY OF ACOUSTICS
- BOOK IX HISTORY OF OPTICS, FORMAL AND PHYSICAL
- Introduction
- CHAPTER I PRIMARY INDUCTION OF OPTICS. RAYS OF LIGHT AND LAWS OF REFLECTION
- CHAPTER II DISCOVERY OF THE LAW OF REFRACTION
- CHAPTER III DISCOVERY OF THE LAW OF DISPERSION BY REFRACTION
- CHAPTER IV DISCOVERY OF ACHROMATISM
- CHAPTER V DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF DOUBLE REFRACTION
- CHAPTER VI DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF POLARIZATION
- CHAPTER VII DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF THE COLOURS OF THIN PLATES
- CHAPTER VIII ATTEMPTS TO DISCOVER THE LAWS OF OTHER PHENOMENA
- CHAPTER IX DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF PHENOMENA OF DIPOLARIZED LIGHT
- CHAPTER X PRELUDE TO THE EPOCH OF YOUNG AND FRESNEL
- CHAPTER XI EPOCH OF YOUNG AND FRESNEL
- CHAPTER XII SEQUEL TO THE EPOCH OF YOUNG AND FRESNEL. RECEPTION OF THE UNDULATORY THEORY
- CHAPTER XIII CONFIRMATION AND EXTENSION OF THE UNDULATORY THEORY
- BOOK X HISTORY OF THERMOTICS AND ATMOLOGY
- ERRATA IN VOL. II
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ADDITIONAL CORRECTION IN VOL. II
- A HISTORY OF THE INDUCTIVE SCIENCES
- BOOK VI HISTORY OF MECHANICS, INCLUDING FLUID MECHANICS
- BOOK VII HISTORY OF PHYSICAL ASTRONOMY
- BOOK VIII HISTORY OF ACOUSTICS
- BOOK IX HISTORY OF OPTICS, FORMAL AND PHYSICAL
- Introduction
- CHAPTER I PRIMARY INDUCTION OF OPTICS. RAYS OF LIGHT AND LAWS OF REFLECTION
- CHAPTER II DISCOVERY OF THE LAW OF REFRACTION
- CHAPTER III DISCOVERY OF THE LAW OF DISPERSION BY REFRACTION
- CHAPTER IV DISCOVERY OF ACHROMATISM
- CHAPTER V DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF DOUBLE REFRACTION
- CHAPTER VI DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF POLARIZATION
- CHAPTER VII DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF THE COLOURS OF THIN PLATES
- CHAPTER VIII ATTEMPTS TO DISCOVER THE LAWS OF OTHER PHENOMENA
- CHAPTER IX DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF PHENOMENA OF DIPOLARIZED LIGHT
- CHAPTER X PRELUDE TO THE EPOCH OF YOUNG AND FRESNEL
- CHAPTER XI EPOCH OF YOUNG AND FRESNEL
- CHAPTER XII SEQUEL TO THE EPOCH OF YOUNG AND FRESNEL. RECEPTION OF THE UNDULATORY THEORY
- CHAPTER XIII CONFIRMATION AND EXTENSION OF THE UNDULATORY THEORY
- BOOK X HISTORY OF THERMOTICS AND ATMOLOGY
- ERRATA IN VOL. II
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- History of the Inductive SciencesFrom the Earliest to the Present Times, pp. 339 - 341Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1837