Dissertation on Nature and the Propagation of Fire (1738)

Institutions of Physics (1740)

Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Paris: Desaint & Saillant. Vol.1 & Vol.2 (1756)

Speech (Gold, Reflections) on Happiness (1779)

Essai sur l’OptiqueÉmilie Du Châtelet, Essai sur l’Optique Émilie Du Châtelet worked on various scientific topics during the late 1730s, and the Essai sur l’Optique, or “essay on optics,” comes from that period. It shares much in common with her essay on the nature and propagation of fire, and serves as an important