FARADAY, MICHAEL. - "THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC THEORY OF LIGHT"

Sur de nouvelles relations entre l'électricité, la lumière et le magnétisme. (Extrait d'une Lettre de M. Faraday à M. Dumas).

(Paris, Bachelier), 1846. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 22, No 3. Pp. (92-) 134. (Entire issue offered). Faraday's letter: pp. 113-115.

First printing of an interesting paper where faraday explicitly, but in an embryonic form, set forth the electro-magnetic theory of light as he here describes the magnetic rotation of light, disclosing relations between magnetism, electricity and light.

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