E221 -- Recherches physiques sur la diverse refrangibilite des rayons de lumiere
(Research into the physics of the different refrangibilities of light rays)
Summary:
According to C.
G. J. Jacobi, a treatise with this title was presented to the Berlin Academy on December 12,
1754.
Publication:
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Originally published in Memoires de l'academie des sciences de Berlin 10, 1756, pp. 200-226
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Opera Omnia: Series 3, Volume 5, pp. 218 - 238
Documents Available:
- Original publication: E221
- E221 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.
- The Euler Archive attempts to monitor current scholarship for articles and books that may be of interest to Euler Scholars. Selected references we have found that discuss or cite E221 include:
- Maltese G., “On the relativity of motion in Leonhard Euler's science.” Archive for History of Exact Sciences, 54 (4), pp. 319-348 (2000).
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