Editing Augustin-Jean Fresnel (section)

=== General and cited references ===
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* D.F.J. Arago (tr.{{tsp}} B.&nbsp;Powell), 1857, "Fresnel" (elegy read at the Public Meeting of the Academy of Sciences, 26 July 1830), in D.F.J.&nbsp;Arago (tr.&nbsp;&nbsp;W.H.&nbsp;Smyth, B.&nbsp;Powell, and R.&nbsp;Grant), ''Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men'' (single-volume edition), London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857, [https://books.google.com/books?id=m7pcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA399 pp.&nbsp;399–471]. (On the translator's identity, see pp.&nbsp;425n,{{px2}}452n.)&nbsp; ''Erratum'': In the translator's note on p.&nbsp;413, a plane tangent to the outer sphere at point ''t'' should intersect the refractive surface (assumed flat); then, ''through that intersection'', tangent planes should be drawn to the inner sphere and spheroid (cf.&nbsp;Mach, 1926, p.{{nnbsp}}263).
* D.F.J. Arago and A. Fresnel, 1819, "Mémoire sur l'action que les rayons de lumière polarisée exercent les uns sur les autres", ''Annales de Chimie et de Physique'', Ser.{{nnbsp}}2, vol.&nbsp;10, pp.&nbsp;288–305, March 1819; reprinted in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.&nbsp;1, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1l0_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA509 pp.&nbsp;509–522]; translated as [https://archive.org/details/wavetheoryofligh00crewrich/page/145 "On the action of rays of polarized light upon each other"], in Crew, 1900, pp.&nbsp;145–155.
* G.-A. Boutry, 1948, "Augustin Fresnel: His time, life and work, 1788–1827", ''Science Progress'', vol.&nbsp;36, no.&nbsp;144 (October 1948), pp.&nbsp;587–604; [https://www.jstor.org/stable/43413515 jstor.org/stable/43413515].
* J.Z. Buchwald, 1989, ''[https://archive.org/details/riseofwavetheory0000buch The Rise of the Wave Theory of Light: Optical Theory and Experiment in the Early Nineteenth Century]'', University of Chicago Press, {{ISBN|0-226-07886-8}}.
* J.Z. Buchwald, 2013, "Optics in the Nineteenth Century", in J.Z.&nbsp;Buchwald and R.&nbsp;Fox (eds.), ''The Oxford Handbook of the History of Physics'', Oxford, {{ISBN|978-0-19-969625-3}}, pp.&nbsp;445–472.
* H. Crew (ed.), 1900, [https://archive.org/details/wavetheoryofligh00crewrich ''The Wave Theory of Light: Memoirs by Huygens, Young and Fresnel''], American Book Company.
* O. Darrigol, 2012, ''A History of Optics: From Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century'', Oxford, {{ISBN|978-0-19-964437-7}}.
* J. Elton, 2009, "A Light to Lighten our Darkness: Lighthouse Optics and the Later Development of Fresnel's Revolutionary Refracting Lens 1780–1900", ''International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology'', vol.&nbsp;79, no.&nbsp;2 (July 2009), pp.&nbsp;183–244; {{doi|10.1179/175812109X449612}}.
* E. Frankel, 1974, "The search for a corpuscular theory of double refraction: Malus, Laplace and the {{sic|price}} competition of 1808", ''Centaurus'', vol.&nbsp;18, no.&nbsp;3 (September 1974), pp.&nbsp;223–245.
* E. Frankel, 1976, "Corpuscular optics and the wave theory of light: The science and politics of a revolution in physics", ''Social Studies of Science'', vol.&nbsp;6, no.&nbsp;2 (May 1976), pp.&nbsp;141–184; [https://www.jstor.org/stable/284930 jstor.org/stable/284930].
* A. Fresnel, 1815a, Letter to Jean François "Léonor" Mérimée, 10&nbsp;February 1815 (Smithsonian Dibner Library, MSS&nbsp;546A), printed in G.&nbsp;Magalhães, "Remarks on a new autograph letter from Augustin Fresnel: Light aberration and wave theory", ''Science in Context'', vol.&nbsp;19, no.{{nnbsp}}2 (June&nbsp;2006), pp.&nbsp;295–307, {{doi|10.1017/S0269889706000895}}, at p.{{nnbsp}}306 (original French) and p.{{nnbsp}}307 (English translation).
* A. Fresnel, 1816, "Mémoire sur la diffraction de la lumière" ("Memoir on the diffraction of light"), ''Annales de Chimie et de Physique'', Ser.{{nnbsp}}2, vol.&nbsp;1, pp.&nbsp;239–281 (March 1816); reprinted as "Deuxième Mémoire…" ("Second Memoir…") in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.&nbsp;1, pp.&nbsp;89–122.&nbsp; ''Not''{{hsp}} to be confused with the later "prize memoir" (Fresnel, 1818b).
* A. Fresnel, 1818a, "Mémoire sur les couleurs développées dans les fluides homogènes par la lumière polarisée", read 30 March 1818 (according to Kipnis, 1991, p.&nbsp;217), published 1846; reprinted in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.&nbsp;1, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1l0_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA655 pp.&nbsp;655–683]; translated by E.&nbsp;Ronalds & H.&nbsp;Lloyd as [https://archive.org/details/scientificmemoir05memo/page/44 "Memoir upon the colours produced in homogeneous fluids by polarized light"], in Taylor, 1852, pp.&nbsp;44–65. (Cited page numbers refer to the translation.)
* A. Fresnel, 1818b, "Mémoire sur la diffraction de la lumière" ("Memoir on the diffraction of light"), deposited 29 July 1818, "crowned" 15 March 1819, published (with appended notes) in ''Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France'', vol.&nbsp;{{serif|V}} (for 1821 & 1822, printed 1826), [https://books.google.com/books?id=zNo-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA339 pp.&nbsp;339–475]; reprinted (with notes) in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.&nbsp;1, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1l0_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA247 pp.&nbsp;247–383]; partly translated as [https://archive.org/details/wavetheoryofligh00crewrich/page/80 "Fresnel's prize memoir on the diffraction of light"], in Crew, 1900, pp.&nbsp;81–144.&nbsp; ''Not''{{hsp}} to be confused with the earlier memoir with the same French title (Fresnel, 1816).
* A. Fresnel, 1818c, "Lettre de M.&nbsp;Fresnel à M.&nbsp;Arago sur l'influence du mouvement terrestre dans quelques phénomènes d'optique", ''Annales de Chimie et de Physique'', Ser.{{nnbsp}}2, vol.&nbsp;9, pp.&nbsp;57–66 & plate after p.{{nnbsp}}111 (Sep.&nbsp;1818), & pp.{{nnbsp}}286–287 (Nov.&nbsp;1818); reprinted in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.&nbsp;2, [https://books.google.com/books?id=g6tzUG7JmoQC&pg=PA627 pp.&nbsp;627–636]; translated as [https://books.google.com/books?id=9KQ3BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA125 "Letter from Augustin Fresnel to François Arago, on the influence of the movement of the earth on some phenomena of optics"] in K.F.&nbsp;Schaffner, ''Nineteenth-Century Aether Theories'', Pergamon, 1972 ({{doi|10.1016/C2013-0-02335-3}}), pp.&nbsp;125–135; also translated (with several errors) by R.R.&nbsp;Traill as "Letter from Augustin Fresnel to François Arago concerning the influence of terrestrial movement on several optical phenomena", ''General Science Journal'', 23&nbsp;January 2006 ([https://www.gsjournal.net/Science-Journals/Historical%20Papers-Mechanics%20/%20Electrodynamics/Download/2496 PDF,&nbsp;8{{nnbsp}}pp.]).
* A. Fresnel, 1821a, "Note sur le calcul des teintes que la polarisation développe dans les lames cristallisées" et&nbsp;seq., ''Annales de Chimie et de Physique'', Ser.{{nnbsp}}2, vol.&nbsp;17, pp.&nbsp;102–111 (May 1821), 167–196 (June 1821), 312–315 ("Postscript", July 1821); reprinted (with added section nos.) in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.&nbsp;1, pp.&nbsp;609–648; translated as "On the calculation of the tints that polarization develops in crystalline plates, &amp;&nbsp;postscript", {{Zenodo|4058004}} / {{doi|10.5281/zenodo.4058004}}, 2021.
* A. Fresnel, 1821b, "Note sur les remarques de M.&nbsp;Biot...", ''Annales de Chimie et de Physique'', Ser.{{nnbsp}}2, vol.&nbsp;17, pp.&nbsp;393–403 (August 1821); reprinted (with added section nos.) in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.&nbsp;1, pp.&nbsp;601–608; translated as "Note on the remarks of Mr.&nbsp;Biot relating to colors of thin plates", {{Zenodo|4541332}} / {{doi|10.5281/zenodo.4541332}}, 2021.
* A. Fresnel, 1821c, Letter to D.F.J.{{tsp}}Arago, 21&nbsp;September 1821, in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.&nbsp;2, pp.&nbsp;257–259; translated as [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Letter_to_Arago_on_biaxial_birefringence "Letter to Arago on biaxial birefringence"], ''Wikisource'', April&nbsp;2021.
* A. Fresnel, 1822a, ''De la Lumière'' (''On Light''), in J.&nbsp;Riffault&nbsp;(ed.), [https://books.google.com/books?id=DOoTAAAAQAAJ ''Supplément à la traduction française de la cinquième édition du "Système de Chimie" par Th.{{tsp}}Thomson''], Paris: Chez Méquignon-Marvis, 1822, pp.&nbsp;1–137,{{tsp}}535–539; reprinted in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.&nbsp;2, pp.&nbsp;3–146; translated by T.&nbsp;Young as "Elementary view of the undulatory theory of light", ''Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and Art'', vol.&nbsp;22 (Jan.–{{hsp}}Jun.{{tsp}}1827), pp.&nbsp;[https://books.google.com/books?id=C7JMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA127 127–141], [https://books.google.com/books?id=C7JMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA441 441–454]; vol.&nbsp;23 (Jul.–{{hsp}}Dec.{{tsp}}1827), pp.&nbsp;[https://books.google.com/books?id=r7VMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA113 113–35], [https://books.google.com/books?id=r7VMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA431 431–448]; vol.&nbsp;24 (Jan.–{{hsp}}Jun.{{tsp}}1828), pp.&nbsp;[https://books.google.com/books?id=SbJMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA198 198–215]; vol.&nbsp;25 (Jul.–{{hsp}}Dec.{{tsp}}1828), pp.&nbsp;[https://books.google.com/books?id=N69MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA168 168–191], [https://books.google.com/books?id=N69MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA389 389–407]; vol.&nbsp;26 (Jan.–{{hsp}}Jun.{{tsp}}1829), pp.&nbsp;[https://books.google.com/books?id=OyMFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA159 159–165].<!-- Volume numbers extrapolated from biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/2259. -->
* A. Fresnel, 1822b, "Mémoire sur un nouveau système d'éclairage des phares", read 29 July 1822; reprinted in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.&nbsp;3, [https://archive.org/details/oeuvrescompltes01fresgoog/page/n182 pp.&nbsp;97–126]; translated by T.&nbsp;Tag as [http://uslhs.org/sites/default/files/attached-files/Fresnel%27s%20Memoire%20-%20Translation.pdf "Memoir upon a new system of lighthouse illumination"], U.S. Lighthouse Society, accessed 26 August 2017;  19 August 2016. (Cited page numbers refer to the translation.)
* A. Fresnel, 1827, "Mémoire sur la double réfraction", ''Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France'', vol.&nbsp;{{serif|VII}} (for 1824, printed 1827), [https://archive.org/details/mmoiresdelacad07memo/page/44 pp.&nbsp;45–176]; reprinted as "Second mémoire…" in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.&nbsp;2, [https://books.google.com/books?id=g6tzUG7JmoQC&pg=PA479 pp.&nbsp;479–596]; translated by A.W.&nbsp;Hobson as [https://archive.org/details/scientificmemoir05memo/page/238 "Memoir on double refraction"], in Taylor, 1852, pp.&nbsp;238–333. (Cited page numbers refer to the translation. For notable errata in the original edition, and consequently in the translation, see Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.&nbsp;2, p.&nbsp;596n.)
* A. Fresnel (ed.{{tsp}} H. de Sénarmont, E.&nbsp;Verdet, and L.&nbsp;Fresnel), 1866–70, ''Oeuvres complètes d'Augustin Fresnel'' (3&nbsp;volumes), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale; [https://books.google.com/books?id=1l0_AAAAcAAJ vol.&nbsp;1&nbsp;(1866)], [https://books.google.com/books?id=g6tzUG7JmoQC vol.&nbsp;2&nbsp;(1868)], [https://archive.org/details/oeuvrescompltes01fresgoog vol.&nbsp;3&nbsp;(1870)].
* I. Grattan-Guinness, 1990, ''Convolutions in French Mathematics, 1800–1840'', Basel: Birkhäuser, vol.&nbsp;2, {{ISBN|3-7643-2238-1}}, chapter&nbsp;13 (pp.&nbsp;852–915, "The entry of Fresnel: Physical optics, 1815–1824") and chapter&nbsp;15 (pp.&nbsp;968–1045, "The entry of Navier and the triumph of Cauchy: Elasticity theory, 1819–1830").
* C. Huygens, 1690, ''Traité de la Lumière'' (Leiden: Van der Aa), translated by S.P. Thompson as ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14725 Treatise on Light]'', University of Chicago Press, 1912; Project Gutenberg, 2005. (Cited page numbers match the 1912 edition and the Gutenberg HTML edition.)
* F.A. Jenkins and H.E. White, 1976, ''Fundamentals of Optics'', 4th Ed., New&nbsp;York: McGraw-Hill, {{ISBN|0-07-032330-5}}.
* N. Kipnis, 1991, ''History of the Principle of Interference of Light'', Basel: Birkhäuser, {{ISBN|978-3-0348-9717-4}}, chapters {{serif|VII,{{tsp}}VIII}}.
* K.A. Kneller (tr.{{tsp}} T.M. Kettle), 1911, ''Christianity and the Leaders of Modern Science: A contribution to the history of culture in the nineteenth century'', Freiburg im Breisgau: B.&nbsp;Herder, [https://archive.org/details/christianitylead00knelrich/page/146 pp.&nbsp;146–149].
* T.H. Levitt, 2009, ''The Shadow of Enlightenment: Optical and Political Transparency in France, 1789–1848'', Oxford, {{ISBN|978-0-19-954470-7}}.
* T.H. Levitt, 2013, ''A Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and the Birth of the Modern Lighthouse'', New York: W.W.&nbsp;Norton, {{ISBN|978-0-393-35089-0}}.
* H. Lloyd, 1834, [https://books.google.com/books?id=mtU4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA295 "Report on the progress and present state of physical optics"], ''Report of the Fourth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science'' (held at Edinburgh in 1834), London: J.&nbsp;Murray, 1835, pp.&nbsp;295–413.
* E. Mach (tr.{{tsp}} J.S.&nbsp;Anderson & A.F.A.&nbsp;Young), ''The Principles of Physical Optics: An Historical and Philosophical Treatment'', London: Methuen & Co., 1926.
* I. Newton, 1730, [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33504 ''Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light''], 4th Ed. (London: William Innys, 1730; Project Gutenberg, 2010); republished with foreword by A.&nbsp;Einstein and Introduction by E.T.&nbsp;Whittaker (London: George Bell &amp; Sons, 1931); reprinted with additional Preface by I.B.&nbsp;Cohen and Analytical Table of Contents by D.H.D.&nbsp;Roller,&nbsp; Mineola, NY: Dover, 1952, 1979 (with revised preface), 2012. (Cited page numbers match the Gutenberg HTML edition and the Dover editions.)
* R.H. Silliman, 1967, ''Augustin Fresnel (1788–1827) and the Establishment of the Wave Theory of Light'' (PhD&nbsp;dissertation, {{nowrap|6{{hsp}}+{{hsp}}352 pp.}}), Princeton University, submitted 1967, accepted 1968; available from ProQuest{{tsp}} (missing the first page of the preface).<!-- Mentioned by Buchwald, Frankel (1976), Grattan-Guinness, and Kipnis. Listed by Google Books as having 704 pages; but the PDF version from ProQuest ends at p. 352 and contains no indication of any missing addenda. Page number 195 is skipped, but there is no corresponding discontinuity in the text. -->
* R.H. Silliman, 2008, "Fresnel, Augustin Jean", ''Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography'', Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, vol.&nbsp;5, pp.&nbsp;165–171. (The [http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/science-and-technology/physics-biographies/augustin-jean-fresnel version at ''encyclopedia.com''] lacks the diagram and equations.)
* R. Taylor (ed.), 1852, ''Scientific Memoirs, selected from the Transactions of Foreign Academies of Science and Learned Societies, and from Foreign Journals'' (in English), [https://archive.org/details/scientificmemoir05memo vol.&nbsp;{{serif|V}}], London: Taylor & Francis.
* W. Whewell, 1857, ''History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the Present Time'', 3rd Ed., London: J.W.&nbsp;Parker &amp; Son, [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_cBSrVEkaR8EC vol.&nbsp;2], book&nbsp;{{serif|IX}}, chapters&nbsp;{{serif|V–XIII}}.
* [[E. T. Whittaker]], 1910, [[A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity|''A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity: From the age of Descartes to the close of the nineteenth century'']], London: Longmans, Green, &amp; Co., chapters {{serif|IV,{{tsp}}V}}.
* J. Worrall, 1989, [http://johnworrall.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1989-Fresnel-Poisson-and-the-White-Spot.pdf "Fresnel, Poisson and the white spot: The role of successful predictions in the acceptance of scientific theories"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602031617/http://johnworrall.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1989-Fresnel-Poisson-and-the-White-Spot.pdf |date=2 June 2023 }}, in D.&nbsp;Gooding, T.&nbsp;Pinch, and S.&nbsp;Schaffer (eds.), ''The Uses of Experiment: Studies in the Natural Sciences'', Cambridge University Press, {{ISBN|0-521-33185-4}}, pp.&nbsp;135–157.
* T. Young, 1807, ''A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts'' (2&nbsp;volumes), London: J.{{tsp}}Johnson; [https://archive.org/details/lecturescourseof01younrich vol.&nbsp;1], [https://archive.org/details/lecturescourseof02younrich vol.&nbsp;2].
* T. Young (ed. G.&nbsp;Peacock), 1855, ''Miscellaneous Works of the late Thomas Young'', London: J.&nbsp;Murray, [https://books.google.com/books?id=GyzPAAAAMAAJ vol.&nbsp;1].
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