YOUNG, Thomas (1773 – 1829)
1773 – 1829
5 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1793 CE
#1486
Observations on vision.
Thomas Young is regarded as one of the most versatile of all scientists. In the above work he showed that the act of accommodation is due to a change of curvature of the crystalline lens, whereby light rays of various…
1796 CE
#13243
De corporis humani viribus conservatricibus dissertatio.
Young's thesis for his medical degree from Göttingen on the conservation of strength in the human body, which also contains, on the final four pages, the only extant fragment of Young's brief thesis on the human …
1801 CE
#1487
On the mechanism of the eye.
Includes the first description of astigmatism, with measurements and optical constants.
1802 CE
#1488
On the theory of light and colours.
Young, the “Father of physiological optics”, established the wave theory of light, explaining the phenomena of interference and dispersion.
1813 CE
#6751
An introduction to medical literature, including a system of practical nosology. Intended as a guide to students, and an assistant to practitioners.
The remarkable Thomas Young compiled this bibliography of works which he considered necessary to a complete medical library. Second edition, 1823.