The volume contains a draft letter from Rizzetti to Christino Martinelli, c.1720, with a description of Newton's experiment leading to the discovery of the aberration of light, and Rizzetti's experiment contradicting Newton's results; and two diagrams on refraction (p.13), the 'Anatomical composition of the eye' and the 'Aberration in telescopes with different lenses'. There are references to Descartes, Huygens and Tschirnhaus.
Giovanni Rizzetti: Challenge to Newton's Optical Experiments
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- Reference
- GB 12 MS Add.9282
- Dates of Creation
- 1720 (Circa)
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- Italian .
- Physical Description
- 1 volume(s) 1 volume
Scope and Content
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Purchased 1995
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Bibliography
Excerpts from the letter were published in Acta Eruditorum (1726), De luminis affectionibus (Treviso, 1727), and Saggio dell' antineutonianismo sopra le leggi del moto e dei colori (Venice, 1741).