L'Explication de l'arc-en-ciel, 1786

Mss.535.3.F61

Date: 1786 | Size: 1 volume(s), 1 volume, 122 p.
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Abstract

This manuscript was presented to the Société Royale des Sciences de Montpellier, and endorsed as being received by them on 8 October 1786, for a prize in physics which the society was sponsoring on the question if the Newtonian explanation of rainbows was incontestable. Flaugergues' presentation won the prize. Included are numerous geometrical and other types of sketches.

Background note

Honoré Flaugergues was a French astronomer.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume, 122 p.

Early American History Note

This manuscript collection falls outside the geographic scope of the Early American guide (British North America and the United States before 1840). It may be of interest to scholars interested in global history, international relations, imperialism, or the U.S. in the world.

Indexing Terms


Corporate Name(s)

  • Société royale des sciences (Montpellier, France)

Genre(s)

  • Sketches.

Subject(s)

  • Beyond Early America
  • Meteorological optics.
  • Physics -- France -- 18th century.
  • Rainbow.
  • Refraction.