An elementary treatise on optics. Part 1: containing all the requisite propositions carried to first approximations : with the construction of optical instruments : for the use of junior university students
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Catalogue Number: 31
An elementary treatise on optics. Part 1: containing all the requisite propositions carried to first approximations : with the construction of optical instruments : for the use of junior university students
Category: Book
Sub-Category: Significant book (Aitken collection)
Author: POTTER, Richard
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1847
Time Period: 19th C
Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London
Publisher/Manufacturer: Taylor and Walton
Historical Significance: Richard Potter was an expert in visual photometry. In the early 1830s he measured the reflective power of metallic and glass mirrors. Because he found significant discrepancies between his measurements and Fresnel's predictions, he developed doubts concerning the wave theory.
How Acquired: Donated by Michael Aitken, honorary archivist
Date Acquired: 1989
Location: Nathan Library. Aitken collection
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