Notable works
• A. Fresnel, 1818, "Mémoire sur la diffraction de la lumière" ("Memoir on the diffraction of light"), deposited 29 July 1818, "crowned" 15 March 1819, published (with appended notes) in ''Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France'', vol. (for 1821 & 1822, printed 1826), pp. 339–475; reprinted (with notes) in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol. 1, pp. 247–383; partly translated as "Fresnel's prize memoir on the diffraction of light", in Crew, 1900, pp. 81–144. • D.F.J. Arago and A. Fresnel, 1819, "Mémoire sur l'action que les rayons de lumière polarisée exercent les uns sur les autres", Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Ser.2, vol. 10, pp. 288–305, March 1819; reprinted in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol. 1, pp. 509–22; translated as "On the action of rays of polarized light upon each other", in Crew, 1900, pp. 145–55. ==See also==
Sources and further reading
• Early history (in French), sourced from: Dictionnaire des journaux (1600–1789) sous la direction de Jean SGARD. Paris, Universitas, 1991. (Notice A.-M. CHOUILLET) • The Development of Modern Chemistry, pp. 273, in the chapter 'The Diffusion of Chemical Knowledge', Aaron John Ihde, Courier Dover Publications, 1984 • ''In the Shadow of Lavoisier: The 'Annales de Chimie' and the Establishment of a New Science''. Maurice Crosland. 1994 ==External links==