References for Willebrord Snell

1. D J Struik, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

Books:

2. N D Haasbroek, Gemma Frisius, Tycho Brahe and Snellius, and their Triangulations (Delft, 1968).

Articles:

3. L Beek, Willibrord Snellius, in Dutch Pioneers of Science (1985), 32-39.
4. F Hallyn, Kepler, Snell and the law of refraction (Dutch), Med. Konink. Acad. Wetensch. Belgie 56 (2) (1994), 119-134.
5. D Huylebrouck, [Willebrord] Snellius's [1580-1626] memorial stone, Math. Intelligencer 17 (4) (1995), 58-59.
6. W B Joyce and A Joyce, Descartes, Newton, and Snell's law, J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 66 (1) (1976), 1-8.
7. P van Geer, Notice sur la vie et les travaux de Willebrord Snellius, Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles 18 (1883), 453-468.
8. C De Waard, Willebrord Snell, Nieuw Nederlandsch biographisch woordenboek 7 (Leiden, 1927), 1155-1163.

December 1996