162 History of Special Sciences 



OPTICS 



Hoppe, Edmund ( 1854-1928; Isis 13, 45-50, port.): 

 1926: Geschichte der Optik (270 p., Leipzig). 



Mach, Emest ( 1838-1916) : 



1926: The principles of physical optics (335 p., 10 pi., London). 



The German original was published in Leipzig 1921 (454 p., ill.; Isis 4, 560-62). 



Mallik, D. N.: 



1917: Optical theories (181 p., Cambridge University). — Second ed. rev. (210 

 p., 1921). 



Maseres, Francis (1731-1824): 



1823: Scriptores optici, or a collection of tracts relating to optics. Edited by 

 Charles Babbage (1792-1871) (523 p., London). 



Pla, Cortes: 



1949: La enigma de la luz (328 p., 15 pi., 48 fig., Buenos Aires; Isis 42, 164). 



Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804): 



1772: History and present state of discoveries relating to vision, light and colours 

 (828 p., pis., London). 



Ronchi, Vasco: 



1939: Storia della luce (217 p., Bologna; Isis 33, 294-96). 



Verdet, Emile: 



1869-70: Legons d'optique physique (2 vols., 1238 p., ill., Paris; vols. 5-6 of the 

 Oeuvres de Verdet ) . — Including elaborate historical notes. 



Wilde, Emil (1793-1859): 



1838-43: Geschichte der Optik (Berlin, 2 vols.). 



Stops at Euler. The work w^as planned in 3 vols., but the third did not 

 materialize, 



ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM 



Appleyard, Rollo: 



1930: Pioneers of electrical communication (356 p., London). 



Bauer, Edmond: 



1949: L'electromagnetisme. Hier et aujourd'hui (348 p., ill., Paris; Isis 42). 



Becquerel, Antoine Cesar (1788-1878); Becquerel, Alexandre Edmond (1820-91) 

 ( father and son ) : 

 1858: Resume de I'histoire de I'electricite et du magnetisme (316 p., Paris). 



Benjamin, Park (1849-1922): 



1895: The intellectual rise in electricity (down to Franklin; 612 p., New York). 

 —Reprinted 1898. 



British Association for the Advancement of Science: 



1913: Reports of the Committee on electrical standards. A record of the history 

 of absolute units and of Lord Kelvin's work in connection with these (807 p., Cam- 

 bridge University; Isis 2, 217). 



Frohlich, C: 



1905: Die Entwicklung der elektrischen Messungen (204 p., 124 fig., Braun- 

 schweig ) . 



Gliozzi, Mario: 



1937: L'elettrologia fine al Volta (2 vols., 523 p., Napoli; Isis 28, 516-20). 



