Lenses and Waves

Index
Académie Royale des Sciences 44, 49, 53,
105, 107, 110, 157, 159, 160, 172,
204, 205, 206, 207, 213, 215, 222,
224, 238, 239, 241, 261
Aguilón, François d’ (1567-1617) 35, 42,
95
Alhacen, or Ibn al-Haytham (ca.965-
1039) 27-28, 38, 83, 108, 112-116,
124, 131, 160, 211, 228
Andriesse, C............................................ 107
Ango, Pierre (1640-1694) 110, 152, 153,
195-196, 250
Auzout, Adrien (1622-1691) .......... 44, 157
Bacon, Francis (1561-1626) ...99, 105, 247
Bacon, Roger (1214-1292).............. 27, 114
Baillet, Adrien (1649-1706) . 237, 246, 247
Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677) 38-41, 50, 95,
102, 108, 112, 125, 136, 138-140, 157,
189, 190, 192, 213, 220, 230, 232,
256, 257
cause of refraction ........137-138, 202, 211
image formation......................................39
Lectiones XVIII (1669) 39, 82, 83, 136,
139
Bartholinus, Erasmus (1625-1692)..... 111,
135, 142-147, 149, 151, 153, 154, 155,
168, 170, 171, 182, 205-210, 231, 260
Beeckman, Isaac (1588-1637) ....42, 57, 58
Berkel, K. van......................................... 157
Bolantio, Giovanni Christophoro () ... 61-
62, 76
Bos, H.J........................................................3
Boyle, Robert (1627-1691) .....94, 135, 228
Brahe, Tycho (1546-1601)... 26, 43, 44, 45
Buchdahl, G............................................ 120
Buchwald, J.Z....... 146, 179, 196, 207, 230
Campani, Guiseppe (1635-1715)..... 59, 62
Cassini, Gian Domenico (1625-1712) . 44-
45, 107, 167
Cavalieri, Bonaventura (ca.1598-1647).38,
135
Cherubin d’Orleans (1613-1697)............62
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste (1619-1683).......53,
160-161, 204, 214
Daza de Valdez, Benito (1591-1634) .....61
Descartes, René (1596-1650) 2, 5-9, 15,
25, 36, 37, 40-42, 50, 55-57, 67, 71,
72, 82, 94, 96, 101, 108-109, 112-113,
116-117, 126-127, 129-136, 139-140,
146-147, 149, 151-156, 158, 170, 186-
189, 191, 193, 195-196, 198, 200, 205,
209-211, 228-232, 234, 236-241, 244-
247, 256, 260-262, 264
cause of refraction .................126-130, 187
Discours de la Methode (1637) ..............24
La Dioptrique (1637) 8, 11, 13-14, 16,
24, 36, 37, 38, 41, 49, 56, 62, 71,
82, 109, 111, 125-128, 131-134,
136, 155, 186, 188-189, 206, 213,
224, 231-232, 238
La Géométrie (1637)...........11, 13-14, 41
Le Monde, ou Traité de la Lumière (1664)
...................133, 187, 188, 224, 253
lenses ............................................... 36-37
Les Météores (1637)...............13, 24, 193
Principia Philosophiae (1644) 133, 187,
242, 261
Dijksterhuis, E.J.............................2, 6, 236
Divini, Eustachio (1610-1685) 53-54, 59,
62
with H. Fabri, Brevis Annotatio in
Systema Saturnium (1660).............54
Domini, Marko Antonij (1560-1624) ....33
Dupré, S.............................................. 29, 35
Fatio de Duillier, Nicolas (1664-1753)
...........................223-224, 244, 250-251
Fermat, Pierre de (1601-1665) 135, 156,
162, 165, 167, 205
Ferrier, Jean (fl. 1620-1640) ............. 36, 56
Flamsteed, John (1646-1719) 45-50, 72,
256
Fontana, Francesco (ca.1585-1656) 43, 59
Fresnel, Augustin (1788-1827)....... 42, 253
Fullenius, Bernardus (1640-1707) ........221
Galileï, Galileo (1564-1642) 9, 41, 53-55,
59, 63, 96, 97, 98, 117, 126, 135, 154,
202, 211, 233, 238, 240, 246-248, 252,
256, 257, 261-262, 264
Discorsi e Dimostrazioni Matematiche
Intorno a Due Nuove Scienze (1638)
............................................ 211, 242
Sidereus Nuncius (1610)..........25, 35, 55
Gascoigne, William (ca.1610-1644). 43, 47
Gassendi, Pierre (1592-1655)....... 228, 247
Gravesande, Willem Jacob ‘s (1688-1742)
............................................................251
Gregory, James (1638-1675) ..38, 125, 135
Grimaldi, Francesco Maria (1618-1663)
............................................................135
Grosseteste, Robert (ca.1170-1253).....114
Gutschoven, Gerard van (1615-1668) 14-
18, 57
Hakfoort, Casper .......................9, 211, 252