Elementary Treatise on the Wave-theory of LightLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857 - 208 páginas |
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... metallic mirror , a reflected beam is seen pursuing a determinate direc- tion after leaving the mirror ; and if the eye be placed in this direction , it will perceive a brilliant image of the sun . This beam is said to be regularly ...
... metallic mirror , a reflected beam is seen pursuing a determinate direc- tion after leaving the mirror ; and if the eye be placed in this direction , it will perceive a brilliant image of the sun . This beam is said to be regularly ...
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... metallic cheeks , to which the moveable sides are accurately fitted . The vessel being filled with water , it is evident that the transmitted ray will be refracted in the same manner as by the inclosed water prism , the parallel plates ...
... metallic cheeks , to which the moveable sides are accurately fitted . The vessel being filled with water , it is evident that the transmitted ray will be refracted in the same manner as by the inclosed water prism , the parallel plates ...
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... metallic reflector , and to place it in such a posi- tion that the rays diverging from the luminous origin shall be reflected at an angle of nearly 90 ° . A screen placed on the other side of the mirror will receive both the direct and ...
... metallic reflector , and to place it in such a posi- tion that the rays diverging from the luminous origin shall be reflected at an angle of nearly 90 ° . A screen placed on the other side of the mirror will receive both the direct and ...
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... metallic plates , one of which is fixed in the frame of the apparatus , while the other is moveable by means of a fine The edges of these plates are right - lined and parallel , so that they form always a rectangular aperture ; and , by ...
... metallic plates , one of which is fixed in the frame of the apparatus , while the other is moveable by means of a fine The edges of these plates are right - lined and parallel , so that they form always a rectangular aperture ; and , by ...
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... metallic sur- faces constructed by Mr. Barton , there are 10,000 lines to the inch . With surfaces so minutely divided , the spectra pro- duced are as perfect as those formed by the finest prisms ; and the colours which they display are ...
... metallic sur- faces constructed by Mr. Barton , there are 10,000 lines to the inch . With surfaces so minutely divided , the spectra pro- duced are as perfect as those formed by the finest prisms ; and the colours which they display are ...
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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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