Optics : a collection of 19th-century French pamphlets and offprints bound in 1 volume
1878, 1st Edition in this form. Various publishers, 1878-1895. Includes 3 author's presentation copies from Edouard Sarasin. Very good copy bound in 1/4 leather and marbled boards. Gilt titles on spine. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some damp staining in the margins of the first, fourth and fifth pamphlets - text unaffected. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; A collection of 6 pamphlets/offprints (5 French and 1 German) bound in 1 volume. Spine title: Pamphlets - Optics. Various paginations, 23cm. Contents: [1] Indices de refraction ordinaires et extraordinaires du quartz . . . / par Edouard Sarasin. Geneve: Bureau des Archives, 1878, 10p. with folding plate. [2] Indices de refraction du spath fluor / par Edouard Sarasin. Geneve: Bureau des Archives, 1883, 3p. [3] Sur le polarisation rotatoire du quartz / par J. L. Soret et Edouard Sarasin. Geneve: H. Georg, 1882, 137p. illus. [4] Uber ein neues Spektrophotometer / von G. Hufner. [10]p., folding plate. [5] Notice sur l'hematoscope d'henocque, indications techniques de ses applications... Paris: G. Masson. 48p., illus. [6] Du role des phenomenes de diffraction dans le formation de l'mage . . . / par Jules Amann. Lausanne: Corbaz & Cie. 1895, 26p. microscopique. Subjects: Optics -- Refraction -- Spectroscopy -- Electric waves -- Diffraction -- Photography -- Vision -- Light. Pamphlets -- Science -- Physics -- 19th century -- France. Language: French. Item #220122
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