He earned a Master's Degree in the Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge at Queens and a Ph.D. Adrian Pollock was born in Stafford, England, and raised in Weston-super-Mare. 66) In this work, with his characteristically formidable scientific approach, Newton studies the qualities and properties of light, providing an analysis of the spectrum of sunlight in which he determines degrees of refraction associated with different colors, a treatment of the color circle, the rainbow, Newton's rings, and a description of the reflecting telescope, Newton's own invention.ĭr. "Newton's Opticks did for light what his Principia had done for gravitation, namely, placed it on a scientific basis." (Babson, p. First edition, first issue, without mention of Newton in the imprint, quarto, title page printed in red and black, illustrated with nineteen folding engravings, bound in full contemporary paneled and speckled English calf, carefully rebacked and recornered (possibly by Bernard Middleton),purchased from Dawson's in the late 1970s, some occasional foxing to contents, generally crisp, 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. Newton, Sir Isaac (1643-1727) Opticks: or a Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3245T Location: Marlborough Date / Time: 12:00PM Description:
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