Elementary Treatise on the Wave-theory of LightLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857 - 208 páginas |
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... passing through one of these intervals is reflected to that diametrically opposite . If the eye be placed behind the latter interval , the wheel being at rest , it will perceive the reflected ray , which has traversed a space equal to ...
... passing through one of these intervals is reflected to that diametrically opposite . If the eye be placed behind the latter interval , the wheel being at rest , it will perceive the reflected ray , which has traversed a space equal to ...
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... passes through a grove of trees . " Fresnel has developed this hypo- thesis , and has shown that it suffices to explain other pheno- mena also , in which the Earth's motion is concerned . Profes- sor Stokes has lately shown that the ...
... passes through a grove of trees . " Fresnel has developed this hypo- thesis , and has shown that it suffices to explain other pheno- mena also , in which the Earth's motion is concerned . Profes- sor Stokes has lately shown that the ...
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... passes from a rarer into a denser medium , the angle of incidence is , in general , greater than the angle of refraction , and the deviation takes place towards the perpendi cular to the bounding surface . On the contrary , when the ray ...
... passes from a rarer into a denser medium , the angle of incidence is , in general , greater than the angle of refraction , and the deviation takes place towards the perpendi cular to the bounding surface . On the contrary , when the ray ...
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... passes into any medium from a va- cuum , the index of refraction is in that case termed the abso- lute index of the medium . For air , and the gases , it exceeds unity by a very small fraction ; for water , μ = 1.336 ; for crown glass ...
... passes into any medium from a va- cuum , the index of refraction is in that case termed the abso- lute index of the medium . For air , and the gases , it exceeds unity by a very small fraction ; for water , μ = 1.336 ; for crown glass ...
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... passing through the glass . ( 29 ) Let us now proceed to the physical explanation of the phenomena . To account for the phenomena of reflexion and refraction , it is supposed , in the theory of emission , that the particles of bodies ...
... passing through the glass . ( 29 ) Let us now proceed to the physical explanation of the phenomena . To account for the phenomena of reflexion and refraction , it is supposed , in the theory of emission , that the particles of bodies ...
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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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