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optics52
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Newton, Isaac (1642-1727)11
Newton, Isaac, 1642-17279
Sorby, Henry Clifton (1826-1908)9
Ferguson, James (1710-1776)7
Smith, Robert (1689-1768)7
Algarotti, Francesco Conte (1712-1764)5
Kaestner, Abraham Gotthelf (1719-1800)4
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Elementa opticæ : nova, facili, & compendiosâ methodo explicata : cum schematibus aliquot (ad pleniorem elucidationem) in calce annexis

Powell, Thomas (1608-1660); Vaughan, Henry (1621-1695); Vaughan, Thomas (1622-1666); Vaughan, Robert engraver

1651

Added illustrated t.p. engraved by Robert Vaughan. Powell's initials occur at the end of the preface, which is dated 1649, and elsewhere in the preliminaries. Includes commendatory verses by Thoma...

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A treatise on optics

Brewster, Sir David (1781-1868)

1831

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Traité d'optique : sur les reflexions, refractions, inflexions, et couleurs de la lumiére (v.1)

Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Coste, Pierre (1668-1747)

1720

Number of plates from Babson. Fautes à corriger: on p. 583. Catalogue des livres imprimes chez Pierre Humbert: [17] p. following text.

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Traité d'optique : sur les reflexions, refractions, inflexions, et couleurs de la lumiére (v.2)

Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Coste, Pierre (1668-1747)

1720

Number of plates from Babson. Fautes à corriger: on p. 583. Catalogue des livres imprimes chez Pierre Humbert: [17] p. following text.

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Opticks : or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections and colours of light

Newton, Isaac (1642-1727)

1721

Publisher's advertising, printed with text, [2] p. at end.

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Clarissimi viri D. De La Caille... Lectiones elementares opticae : ex editione Parisina anni MDCCLVI in latinum traductae

La Caille, Nicolas Louis de (1713-1762); Boškovic, Ruder Josip (1711-1787); Scherffer, Karl (1716-1783)

1766

Translated by K. Scherffer.

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Traité d'optique

Smith, Robert (1689-1768); Duval-LeRoy, Nicolas Claude (1730-1810)

1767

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Cours complet d'optique (v.1)

Smith, Robert (1689-1768); Pézénas, Esprit (1692-1776)

1767

"Additions du traducteur": t. 2nd, p. 409-535. Tome 1: [4], xxviij, 472 p., [34] folded leaves of plates (numbered 39-73); t.2: [2], 536 p., 39-73 folded leaves of plates.

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Cours complet d'optique (v.2)

Smith, Robert (1689-1768); Pézénas, Esprit (1692-1776)

1767

"Additions du traducteur": t. 2nd, p. 409-535. Tome 1: [4], xxviij, 472 p., [34] folded leaves of plates (numbered 39-73); t.2: [2], 536 p., 39-73 folded leaves of plates.

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Optique de Newton (v.1)

Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Marat, Jean-Paul (1743-1793); Beauzée, Nicolas (1717-1789)

1787

Translated by Jean-Paul Marat.

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Optique de Newton (v.2)

Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Marat, Jean-Paul (1743-1793); Beauzée, Nicolas (1717-1789)

1787

Translated by Jean-Paul Marat.

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