Elementary Treatise on the Wave-theory of LightLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857 - 208 páginas |
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... latter , non - luminous . The Sun and the fixed stars are all luminous bodies ; terrestrial bodies are luminous , in the states of incan- descence , combustion , or phosphorescence . Non - luminous bodies acquire the power of exciting ...
... latter , non - luminous . The Sun and the fixed stars are all luminous bodies ; terrestrial bodies are luminous , in the states of incan- descence , combustion , or phosphorescence . Non - luminous bodies acquire the power of exciting ...
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... latter part of the eleventh century , seems to have been the first to refute it , and to prove that the rays which constituted vision came from the object to the eye . ( 3 ) The light of a luminous body emanates from it in all ...
... latter part of the eleventh century , seems to have been the first to refute it , and to prove that the rays which constituted vision came from the object to the eye . ( 3 ) The light of a luminous body emanates from it in all ...
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... latter is intercepted , and it ceases to be visible . The same thing is proved also by the shadows of bodies , which , when received upon plane surfaces perpendi- cular to the path of the light , are observed to be similar to the ...
... latter is intercepted , and it ceases to be visible . The same thing is proved also by the shadows of bodies , which , when received upon plane surfaces perpendi- cular to the path of the light , are observed to be similar to the ...
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... latter quantity - the constant of aberration , as it is called -is now found to be 20 ′′ -36 ; and the Earth's velocity being known , the velocity of the light of the fixed stars is deduced . The value so obtained is 191,500 miles in a ...
... latter quantity - the constant of aberration , as it is called -is now found to be 20 ′′ -36 ; and the Earth's velocity being known , the velocity of the light of the fixed stars is deduced . The value so obtained is 191,500 miles in a ...
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... latter kind , too , are everywhere taking place around us . When the surface of stagnant water is agitated by any external cause , the particles of the fluid next the origin of the disturbance are set vibrating up and down , and this ...
... latter kind , too , are everywhere taking place around us . When the surface of stagnant water is agitated by any external cause , the particles of the fluid next the origin of the disturbance are set vibrating up and down , and this ...
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angle of incidence aperture axes azimuth bands beam bright bands centre circularly polarized coincides colours common light corresponding Crown 8vo crystal dark denote deviation diameter difference of phase diffraction direction distance diverging double refraction edge effect elasticity elliptically polarized equal ether Fresnel fringes glass Iceland spar inci incident light incident ray inclined intensity interference interval of retardation Jamin length light reflected luminous origin medium metal mirror molecules Newton observed opposite optic axis parallel particles perpendicular plane phenomena plane of incidence plane of polarization plane of reflexion plane-polarized polarized light polarized ray polarizing angle portions position Post 8vo principal section prism produced propagated ratio reflected light reflected pencil refracted rays refractive index refrangibility result rhombohedron right angles rings Second Edition shadow spectrum square substance thickness tion transmitted traversed undulation vary velocity velocity of propagation vibrations vols wave-theory Woodcuts
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