Science versus practice : chemistry in Victorian Britain

Optics after Newton: Theories of Light in Britain and Ireland, 1704-1840 Geoffrey N. Cantor "In Optics after Newton, G.N. Cantor provides a synthesis of what obviously has been painstaking research into 18thand early 19thcentury optics as practiced in Britain and Ireland. Cantor adds new detail to previous histories of the topic, but the most important aspect of his work is not the data but his interpretation of them .... Cantor's book raises questions, and that is the mark of a good book." -Science, 1 June 1984 256 pp. $25.00 Feb. 1984