Instrumental Traditions and Theories of Light: The Uses of Instruments in the Optical Revolution

by Xiang Chen

An analysis of the optical revolution in the context of early 19th century Britain. Far from merely involving the replacement of one optical theory by another, the revolution also involved substantial changes in instruments and the practices that surrounded them. People's judgements about classification, explanation and evaluation were affected by the way they used such optical instruments as spectroscopes, telescopes, polarisers, photometers, gratings,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792363493
• ISBN13: 9780792363491
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"