ISSAC NEWTON 1643 Woolsthorpe Manor - 1727 Kensington, Lond - photo 1

ISSAC NEWTON 1643 Woolsthorpe Manor - 1727 Kensington, Lond

Lot 3995
09.09.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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€ 1 400
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Lot 3995 | ISSAC NEWTON 1643 Woolsthorpe Manor - 1727 Kensington, Lond
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€ 1 600 – 800
ISSAC NEWTON 1643 Woolsthorpe Manor - 1727 Kensington, London 'OPTICE: SIVE DE REFLEXIONIBUS, REFRACTIONIBUS, INFLEXIONIBUS AND COLORIBUS LUCIS: LIBRI TRES' England, London, Gul. & John Innys, 1719 Bound in pigskin; Latin text; 11 pages numbered in Roman, 415 pages numbered in Arabic and 12 engraved plates. 24 x 18 x 4 cm. Slightly damaged, stained. 'Latin reddidit Samuel Clarke. Editio secunda, auctior Londini. Gul. & Joh. Innys Regiae 1719.' Isaac Newton was not only considered the leading mathematician of his time - from 1670 to 1672 he taught optics and held an inaugural lecture on his theory of colors, in which he particularly examined the refraction of light. He published his theories about light and colors in the major work 'Opticks or a treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections and colors of light'.
ISSAC NEWTON 1643 Woolsthorpe Manor - 1727 Kensington, London 'OPTICE: SIVE DE REFLEXIONIBUS, REFRACTIONIBUS, INFLEXIONIBUS ET COLORIBUS LUCIS: LIBRI TRES' England, London, Gul. & Joh. Innys, 1719 In Schweinsleder gebunden; lateinischer Text; 11 römisch, 415 arabisch nummerierte Seiten und 12 Kupferstich-Tafeln. 24 x 18 x 4 cm. Leicht besch., fleckig. 'Latine reddidit Samuel Clarke. Editio secunda, auctior Londini. Gul. & Joh. Innys Regiae 1719.' Isaac Newton galt nicht nur als führender Mathematiker seiner Zeit - von 1670 bis 1672 lehrte er Optik und hielt eine Antrittsvorlesungen über seine Theorie der Farben, wobei er besonders die Lichtbrechung untersuchte. Seine Theorien über das Licht und die Farben veröffentlichte er in dem Hauptwerk 'Opticks or a treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections and colours of light' ('Optik oder eine Abhandlung über die Reflexion, Brechung, Beugung und die Farben des Lichtes').
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