E209 -- Essai d'une explication physique des couleurs engendrees sur des surfaces extremement minces

(Essay concerning the physical explanation of colors which are issued from extremely thin surfaces)

Summary:

According to C. G. J. Jacobi, a treatise with the title: “Exposition physique de la cause des couleurs des feuilles très minces” was presented to the Berlin Academy on April 12, 1753.

Publication:

Originally published in Memoires de l'academie des sciences de Berlin 8, 1754, pp. 262-282
Opera Omnia: Series 3, Volume 5, pp. 156 - 171
According to Jacobi, the manuscript of the printed treatise can be found in the archive of the Berlin Academy.
Reprinted in OEuvres complètes d’Euler 2, 1839, pp. 310-328 [E209a]

Documents Available:

Original publication: E209
E209 can be viewed or downloaded from Digitalisierte Akademieschriften und Schriften zur Geschichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, which includes serial publications of the Prussian Academy of Science in the 18th and 19th Centuries.

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