托马斯·杨所发明的光的波长概念
The wavelength of light as Thomas Young invented it
- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centre Gilles Gaston Granger（艾克斯-马赛大学，法国国家科学研究中心，吉尔·加斯东·格兰格中心）
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AI总结：
本文追溯托马斯·杨首创的波长概念，阐述其定义、数值来源及引入光学理论的原因，揭示其作为该概念首创者的历史意义。
AI中文摘要：
本文记录了托马斯·杨发明的一个概念，他交替将其称为光的“大小”、“宽度”、“间隔”或“波动长度”。首先，本文强调杨是第一个将某种波长概念与光学理论联系起来，并为色谱的每个分量赋予该长度的精确值的人。然后，本文阐述了杨是如何得出这些数值的。最后，本文考察了杨将光学波长引入其光理论的原因，因为这些原因反过来可能有助于阐明他为何是第一个这样做的人。
英文摘要：
This paper documents Thomas Young's invention of a concept which he alternately refers to as the ''magnitude'', ''breadth'', ''interval'' or ''length of an undulation'' of light. First, the paper highlights that Young was first to link some concept of a wavelength to a theory of optics and to assign a precise value to this length for each component of the colour spectrum. Then, it sets out an explanation of how Young made up these values. Finally, it examines the reasons why Young introduced an optical wavelength into his theory of light, insofar as these reasons might in turn shed light on why he was first to do so.
