Essais sur la Theorie Mathematique de la Lumiere.

8vo. xxii, 132 pp. Contemporary quarter black blind- and gilt-stamped cloth, marbled boards; University of Geneva library stamps, title creased, light foxing. Very good. Briot was a French mathematician who won the Poncelet Prize in 1882. "Briot's studies on heat, light, and electricity were based on the hypothesis of the existence in the ether of imponderable molecules acting upon each other, as well as upon the ponderable molecules of matter. Particularly in his study of the crystalline medium, he linked his findings to Pasteur's experimental work on the dissymmetry of crystals. These studies, which were conducted from a mathematical point of view, led to the simplification of methods for integral calculus and the advance of the theories of elliptic and Abelian functions. To honor him for this work, the Gottingen Academy named him a corresponding member." DSB II.

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Publisher: Mallet-Bachelier, 1864.

Year: 1864

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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