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Thomas Young

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Physicist. Born 1773; died 1829. Discovered the principle of interference afterwards discovered by Fresnel. Provoked the revival of undulatory optics by his memorable discoveries. Justly called "the founder of physiological optics."

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Entry for 'Thomas Young'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​t/thomas-young.html. 1910.
 
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