Citation
Alternate Title(s): Dioptrice
Publication Location: Augsburg
Year: 1611
Item Location
Exhibit: Galileo and Kepler
Summary
Kepler wrote an earlier work on optics (1604) as a supplement to the medieval treatise of Witelo. In this sequel, he clarified the optics of refractive lenses and greatly advanced understanding of how the telescope actually works. The annotations in this copy are unstudied.