E219 -- De la refraction de la lumiere en passant par l'atmosphere selon les divers degres tant de la chaleur que de l'elasticite de l'air
(Concerning the refraction of light while passing through the atmosphere and the different degrees dependent on heat as to the elasticity of the air)
Summary:
According to C. G. J. Jacobi, a treatise “Sur la réfraction de la lumière” was presented to the
Berlin Academy on June 22, 1752.
Publication:
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Originally published in Memoires de l'academie des sciences de Berlin 10, 1756, pp. 131-172
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Opera Omnia: Series 3, Volume 5, pp. 185 - 217
- According to Jacobi, the manuscript of the printed treatise can be found in the
archive of the Berlin Academy.
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