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Treatise on Light by Christiaan Huygens

Treatise on Light was published in 1690 and is probably the largest scientific volume on light published before Newton"s Opticks. The book explains how light travels (i.e., that it has a certain velocity), and what happens when it hits a surface (refraction and reflection). A large portion of the book is devoted to the double refraction occurring in Iceland chrystal, and all drawn conclusions are proved geometrically. Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 1695) was a prominent physicist and astronomer. His

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09:27
Preface and Note by the Translator
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23:13
I: On Rays Propagated in Straight Lines, Part 1
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21:10
I: On Rays Propagated in Straight Lines, Part 2
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12:14
II: On Reflexion
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13:04
III: On Refraction, Part 1
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23:38
III: On Refraction, Part 2
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13:42
IV: On the Refraction of the Air
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V: On the Strange Refraction of Iceland Chrystal, Part 1
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V: On the Strange Refraction of Iceland Chrystal, Part 2
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V: On the Strange Refraction of Iceland Chrystal, Part 3
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V: On the Strange Refraction of Iceland Chrystal, Part 4
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21:42
VI: On the Figures of the Transparent Bodies, Part 1
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VI: On the Figures of the Transparent Bodies, Part 2
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