Optical magic in the late Renaissance
Giambattista Della Porta's De Refractione of 1593
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Author
Contributions
- Smith, Mark, 1960 May 10- translator, writer of introduction - Contributor
- Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615 - Contributor
Publication
2018 - American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], Pennsylvania
Language
English
Word Count
131,000 words, Guess
Page Count
524 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL44403513M
- ISBN-139781606180716
- ISBN-101606180711
- OCLC Control Number1056202418
- Library of Congress Control Number2018037988
Classifications
- DDC535
- LCCQC353 .S64 2019
Alternate Titles
- Giambattista Della Porta's De Refractione of 1593
- Refractione of 1593
Description
"This volume includes the original Latin text of Della Porta's "De Refractione" with English translation. Della Porta's volume explored optics at the time of the late Renaissance."--
Subjects
Series Statement
- Transactions of the American Philosophical Society -- volume 107, part 1
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