Lecture Experiments Optics (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 112pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. 8vo. Spine ends rubbed and rounded at heel, frayed at head. Corners of boards rounded and slightly frayed. Text block edges lightly tanned. Endpapers moderately tanned, school library label on front pastedown. Internally some age tanning otherwise neat, clean, bright and tight. A reference book for the setting up of lecture experiments in optics. Numerous diagrams and illustrations throughout the book.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:

London, Edward Arnold, 1930. Cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine.112 pp. Index. corners bumped, small wear to top and bottom spine. Previous owner's name on titlepage.

Edward Arnold, London 1930. 112 pp. Publisher's cloth. Owner signature. Fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.   YOUNG, Thomas. "The Bakerian Lecture: Experiments and Calculations Relative to Physical Optics" in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Bulmer & Co., 1804, vol 94 pp. 1-16, in the full issue of vi, (ii), 432, (6)pp, 8 plates, containing parts I and II, 310x255mm, complete. This is in the I think original binding, or at the very least a contemporary binding: plain, rustic paper boards, with what I think is a paper spine over an original linen spine cover, the whole of which seems to be very stoutly reinforced as such this is a very unusual binding for the Phil Trans in my long experience. There is a bookplate for the original owner (I assume) "Eaton Neston Library", which was a very large library in a very large (37-room) country house in Northamptonshire. Almost the entire text is unopened, and fresh, and with very ample margins. VG copy in its ORIGINAL STATE. [++] The paper offered here is the third of three great papers written between 1800-1803 (and presented 1801-1804) on the nature of light, reviving "the wave theory of light propagation through his discovery of the principle of interference" rejecting the particle theory of light in "favor of his explanation of light as a wave in the universal ether."--Claire Parkinson, Breakthroughs, Young 1801-1804. In Young's Bakerian Lecture to the Royal Society on November 12, 1801, On the Theory of Light and Colours. He provided a comprehensive theory of the wave properties of light. In a follow-up paper to the Royal Society which was presented in July 1802, Young (one of the great Everything People of the 19th century, a polymathic polymath of the highest order) introduced a new observation: bands of colors appearing when light goes around a fine fiber or hair. Young cut a small hole in a piece of cardboard, and fixed the fiber across the center of the hole. Looking at a distant light source through the hole, he saw colored bands of light on either side of the fiber, parallel to it. He interpreted these colors as arising from interference between light waves that pass on opposite sides of the fiber."--Skulls in the Stars, online, "Thomas Young Sees the Light. [++] In his Bakerian lecture in November of 1803 and printed 1804 [the paper offered HERE] Young presented his strongest case for the interference of light. [++] "It would be the first rough demonstration of what later became known as Young s double slit experiment or Young s two-pinhole experiment. In this rough implementation, Young poked a small hole in a window shutter to allow a thin beam of sunlight to enter his room. In the path of that beam, he placed a thin piece of card, one thirtieth of an inch thick, dividing the beam into two parts, each of which spreads into the path of the other. The combined light wave is then projected onto a screen some distance beyond, allowing the multiple colored fringes to be seen in the shadow cast by the card. This, Young felt, was conclusive proof of the wave nature of light."--ibid. It should be remembered that Young met resistance in the living and the dead (like Brewster, Brougham, Newton, and the particle people) and didn't really find acceptance until rescued (too harsh a word) from obscurity after a dozen years or so by Fresnel and later by Helmholtz. Also in this volume is Count Rumford's very long (pp 77-182) "An Enquiry concerning the Nature of Heat, and the Mode of its Communication". Also: William Herschel, "Continuation of an Account of the Changes that have happened in the relative Situation of double Stars", and several other papers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. YOUNG, Thomas. "The Bakerian Lecture: Experiments and Calculations Relative to Physical Optics", in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1804, volume 94 part I and II, vi, 434, 26pp, (part II beginning after (iv) pp(191)-434. 265mm. Beautifully rebound in calf-backed and calf-tipped boards. The non-leather parts have been skillfully and ably lightly antiqued so that the volume doesn't look surprisingly brand-new. Excellent craftsmanship. [++] This is in the original I think binding, or at the very least a contemporary binding: plain, rustic paper boards, with what I think is a paper spine over an original linen spine cover, the whole of which seems to be very stoutly reinforced as such this is a very unusual binding for the Phil Trans in my long experience. There is a bookplate for the original owner (I assume) "Eaton Neston Library", which was a very large library in a very large (37 -room) country house in Northamptonshire. Almost the entire text is unopened, and fresh, and with very ample margins. VG copy in its ORIGINAL STATE. [++] The paper offered here is the third of three great papers written between 1800-1803 (and presented 1801-1804) on the nature of light, reviving "the wave theory of light propagation through his discovery of the principle of interference" rejecting the particle theory of light in "favor of his explanation of light as a wave in the universal ether."--Claire Parkinson, Breakthroughs, Young 1801-1804. In Young's Bakerian Lecture to the Royal Society on November 12, 1801, On the Theory of Light and Colours. he provided a comprehensive theory of the wave properties of light. In a follow-up paper to the Royal Society which was presented in July 1802, Young introduced a new observation: bands of colors appearing when light goes around a fine fiber or hair. Young cut a small hole in a piece of cardboard, and fixed the fiber across the center of the hole. Looking at a distant light source through the hole, he saw colored bands of light on either side of the fiber, parallel to it. He interpreted these colors as arising from interference between light waves that pass on opposite sides of the fiber."--Skulls in the Stars, online, "Thomas Young Sees the Light. [++] In his Bakerian lecture in November of 1803 and printed 1804 [the paper offered HERE] Young presented his strongest case for the interference of light. [++] "It would be the first rough demonstration of what later became known as Young s double slit experiment or Young s two-pinhole experiment. In this rough implementation, Young poked a small hole in a window shutter to allow a thin beam of sunlight to enter his room. In the path of that beam, he placed a thin piece of card, one thirtieth of an inch thick, dividing the beam into two parts, each of which spreads into the path of the other. The combined light wave is then projected onto a screen some distance beyond, allowing the multiple colored fringes to be seen in the shadow cast by the card. This, Young felt, was conclusive proof of the wave nature of light."--ibid. It should be remembered that Young met resistance in the living and the dead (like Brewster, Brougham, Newton, and the particle people) and didn't really find acceptance until rescued (too harsh a word) from obscurity after a dozen years or so by Fresnel and later by Helmholtz.[++] Also in this volume is Count Rumford's very long (pp 77-182) "An Enquiry concerning the Nature of Heat, and the Mode of its Communication". Also: William Herschel, "Continuation of an Account of the Changes that have happened in the relative Situation of double Stars", and several other papers.  .

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1804 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 17 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

some wear. Condition: good. extracts: 3 Lectures: extracted from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.

Condition: good. Name written inside the front cover. Some shelf, storage or usage wear present. The binding is tight and all pages are present. No dustjacket included, as pictured. The pages appear unmarked. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Shadow. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller!