[Rarebooks] Offering: Important work on OPTICS, 1853

[Michael John Thompson]

SENARMONT, M. de [Henri Hureau de Sénarmont, 1808 - 1862]

COMMENTAIRE AU MEMOIRE DE FRESNEL SUR LA DOUBLE REFRACTION.

Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, Imprimeur-Libraraire de L'Ecole Polytechnique. 1853.

Quarto, contemporary marbled boards with green 
cloth spine, leather label with titles in gilt on 
spine. 27 pp. Extrait du Journal de l'Ecole 
imperiale Polytechnique, XXXV Cahier. Mild foxing 
and browning, spine glazed; very good copy.

FIRST SEPARATE EDITION of de Sénarmont's theories 
which lead to the invention of the de Sénarmont 
Compensator. de Sénarmont's work is based largely 
on the work of his predecessor, Augustin Fresnel 
(1788 - 1827) and his theory of Double 
Refraction. In 1843, de Sénarmont began working 
on a project that he would work on for many 
years, criticizing the mathematical theory of 
double refraction formed by Fresnel. The result 
was this work, and the developement of the de 
Sénarmont Compensator. Senarmont also edited the 
works of Fresnel. Fresnel is best known as the 
inventor of the Fresnel lens, first adopted in 
lighthouses while he was a French commissioner of 
lighthouses, and found in many applications today.

$450.00 US.


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