Key Publications
Beyond astronomical and circadian observations, de Mairan actively worked in several other fields of physics including "heat, light, sound, motion, the shape of the Earth, and the aurora".
The following is an abbreviated list of publications (with their English translations) organized by Dr. Robert A. Hatch at the University of Florida:
- Dissertation sur les variations du barometre (Bordeaux, 1715) (Essays on barometric variations)
- Dissertation sur la glace (Bordeaux, 1716) (Essay on the ice)
- Dissertation sur la cause de la lumiere des phosphores et des noctiluques (Bordeaux, 1717) (Dissertation on the cause of light phosphates and noctilucence or nightly light)
- Dissertation sur l'estimation et la mesure des forces motrices des corps (1728) (Essay on the estimation of the measures of forces on the body)
He also published mathematical works.
- Traité physique et historique de l'aurore boréale, (1733) (Physical and historical Treaty of the aurora borealis)
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