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Treatise on Light

Name: Treatise on Light
Author: Christiaan Huygens

Christiaan Huygens (trans. Silvanus P. Thompson)

Read by Availle · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License · Translated by Silvanus P. Thompson

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Preface and Note by the Translator (9:27)
I: On Rays Propagated in Straight Lines, Part 1 (23:13)
I: On Rays Propagated in Straight Lines, Part 2 (21:10)
II: On Reflexion (12:14)
III: On Refraction, Part 1 (13:04)
III: On Refraction, Part 2 (23:38)
IV: On the Refraction of the Air (13:42)
V: On the Strange Refraction of Iceland Chrystal, Part 1 (22:17)
V: On the Strange Refraction of Iceland Chrystal, Part 2 (40:06)
V: On the Strange Refraction of Iceland Chrystal, Part 3 (29:05)
V: On the Strange Refraction of Iceland Chrystal, Part 4 (26:13)
VI: On the Figures of the Transparent Bodies, Part 1 (21:42)
VI: On the Figures of the Transparent Bodies, Part 2 (27:32)

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