The theory of light [electronic resource]

Preston, Thomas, Joly, Charles Jasper, 1864-1906, Parsons, John Herbert, Sir, 1868-1957, donor, University College, London. Library Services · 1901 · London : Macmillan and Co. · 19 pictures

The Theory of Light, a 1901 London textbook by Thomas Preston and Charles Jasper Joly published by Macmillan for university students of physics. Its figures are line diagrams in white on black: geometric constructions of wavefronts, reflection and refraction rays, and a sphere-and-cone setup, drawn plainly with lettered points. A designer could take their clean schematic style, bright linework on dark ground, and labelled geometry as a model for technical diagrams.

Light · Huygens' principle · Refraction · Reflections · Diffraction · Light absorption · Dispersion · Color · Prisms · Light polarisation · Achromatism · Rainbows · Electromagnetic waves

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