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“The experiments I am about to relate ... may be repeated with great ease, whenever the sun shines, and without any other apparatus than is at hand to every one.”

Quote by Thomas Young

Book:Miscellaneous Works of the Late Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.S., &c: And One of the Eight Foreign Associates of the National Institute of France. Vols. I. & II., Including His Scientific Memoirs, &c

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Miscellaneous Works of the Late Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.S., &c: And One of the Eight Foreign Associates of the National Institute of France. Vols. I. & II., Including His Scientific Memoirs, &c

The volume includes a collection of Thomas Young's scientific and medical writings, showcasing his contributions to the fields of optics, physiology, and other scientific disciplines. It is a comprehensive collection of his work, spanning volumes I and II. more

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Thomas Young was an English scientist renowned for his contributions to optics, physics, and physiology. He is best known for his proposal of the wave theory of light, the double-slit experiment, and his theories on color vision. more

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