Figure 1
Figure extracted from the original text. See ref. [2[2] René Descartes, in: Oeuvres de Descartes, edited by Charles Adam and Paul Tannery (Vrin, Paris, 1996), 11 v., v. 6. English translation of La Dioptrique by J. Cottinghan, R. Stoothoff and D. Murdoch, in The Philosophical Writings of Descartes (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1985), v. 1., v.6, pp.86-87]
Figure 2
Figure extracted from the original text. See ref. [2[2] René Descartes, in: Oeuvres de Descartes, edited by Charles Adam and Paul Tannery (Vrin, Paris, 1996), 11 v., v. 6. English translation of La Dioptrique by J. Cottinghan, R. Stoothoff and D. Murdoch, in The Philosophical Writings of Descartes (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1985), v. 1., v.6, pp.91-93]
Figure 3
Figure extracted from the original text. See ref. [2[2] René Descartes, in: Oeuvres de Descartes, edited by Charles Adam and Paul Tannery (Vrin, Paris, 1996), 11 v., v. 6. English translation of La Dioptrique by J. Cottinghan, R. Stoothoff and D. Murdoch, in The Philosophical Writings of Descartes (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1985), v. 1., v.6, pp.93-95]
Figure 4
Figure extracted from the original text. See ref. [2[2] René Descartes, in: Oeuvres de Descartes, edited by Charles Adam and Paul Tannery (Vrin, Paris, 1996), 11 v., v. 6. English translation of La Dioptrique by J. Cottinghan, R. Stoothoff and D. Murdoch, in The Philosophical Writings of Descartes (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1985), v. 1., v.6, p.99]
Figure 5
Figure extracted from the original text. See ref. [2[2] René Descartes, in: Oeuvres de Descartes, edited by Charles Adam and Paul Tannery (Vrin, Paris, 1996), 11 v., v. 6. English translation of La Dioptrique by J. Cottinghan, R. Stoothoff and D. Murdoch, in The Philosophical Writings of Descartes (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1985), v. 1., v.6, p.100]
Figure 6
Figure utilized by La Chambre for his demonstration. Extracted from the original text. See ref. [2[2] René Descartes, in: Oeuvres de Descartes, edited by Charles Adam and Paul Tannery (Vrin, Paris, 1996), 11 v., v. 6. English translation of La Dioptrique by J. Cottinghan, R. Stoothoff and D. Murdoch, in The Philosophical Writings of Descartes (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1985), v. 1., v.6, p.328]
Figure 7
Figure extracted from the original text. See ref. [11[11] Marin Cureau de la Chambre, La Lumière (Chez Iacqves D'Allin, Paris, 1657)., pp. 313-314].
Figure 8
Figure extracted from the original text. See ref. [11[11] Marin Cureau de la Chambre, La Lumière (Chez Iacqves D'Allin, Paris, 1657)., pp. 314-315].
Figure 7
Figure extracted from the original text. See ref. [11[11] Marin Cureau de la Chambre, La Lumière (Chez Iacqves D'Allin, Paris, 1657)., pp. 313-314].
Figure 8
Figure extracted from the original text. See ref. [11[11] Marin Cureau de la Chambre, La Lumière (Chez Iacqves D'Allin, Paris, 1657)., pp. 314-315].
Figure 9
Drawing by Descartes explaining how a drop of water decomposes light to form the rainbow. Source: ref. [2[2] René Descartes, in: Oeuvres de Descartes, edited by Charles Adam and Paul Tannery (Vrin, Paris, 1996), 11 v., v. 6. English translation of La Dioptrique by J. Cottinghan, R. Stoothoff and D. Murdoch, in The Philosophical Writings of Descartes (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1985), v. 1., p. 328].
Figure 10
Sketches used by Descartes to illustrate his analogy. See ref. [2[2] René Descartes, in: Oeuvres de Descartes, edited by Charles Adam and Paul Tannery (Vrin, Paris, 1996), 11 v., v. 6. English translation of La Dioptrique by J. Cottinghan, R. Stoothoff and D. Murdoch, in The Philosophical Writings of Descartes (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1985), v. 1., p.341]
