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FIZEAU EXPERIMENT: "Sur les hypothèses relatives à l'éther lumineux, et sur une expérience qui paraît démontrer que le mouvement des corps change la vitesse à laquelle la lumière se propage dans leur intérieur." (Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Vol. 33; pp. 349-355)
by Fizeau, Hippolyte
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Belfast, Maine, United States
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Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hippolyte Fizeau's (1819-1896) paper on what became known as the "Fizeau Experiment" and the first description of the experiment measuring the speed of light in a moving medium, water. This experiment provided early support that light is a wave, not a particle. 760 pp. 4to. Pages 721-760 are copies of the original but bound in at rear of library binding. Blue cloth board library binding with gold embossed titling, call numbers pasted to spine. Ink library stamp on title page of volume, clean within. Text in French.
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- Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB
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- 27670
- Title
- FIZEAU EXPERIMENT: "Sur les hypothèses relatives à l'éther lumineux, et sur une expérience qui paraît démontrer que le mouvement des corps change la vitesse à laquelle la lumière se propage dans leur intérieur." (Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Vol. 33; pp. 349-355)
- Author
- Fizeau, Hippolyte
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gauthier-Villars
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1851
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