Elementary Treatise on the Wave-theory of LightLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857 - 208 páginas |
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... positions of the bands . ( 82 , 83 ) Fresnel's expe- riment of interference ; positions of the fringes . ( 84 ) Interference of direct and reflected lights . ( 85 ) Interference produced by obtuse prisın . ( 86 ) Arago's experimentum ...
... positions of the bands . ( 82 , 83 ) Fresnel's expe- riment of interference ; positions of the fringes . ( 84 ) Interference of direct and reflected lights . ( 85 ) Interference produced by obtuse prisın . ( 86 ) Arago's experimentum ...
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... position they may be placed respect- ing it . Each physical point of a luminous body is an independent source of light , and is called a luminous point . ( 4 ) Non - luminous bodies are distinguished into two classes , according as they ...
... position they may be placed respect- ing it . Each physical point of a luminous body is an independent source of light , and is called a luminous point . ( 4 ) Non - luminous bodies are distinguished into two classes , according as they ...
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... position , one end being attached to a fixed point , and the other held in the hand . If the latter extremity be agitated , by the motion of the hand up and down , a series of waves will be propagated along the cord , each of which will ...
... position , one end being attached to a fixed point , and the other held in the hand . If the latter extremity be agitated , by the motion of the hand up and down , a series of waves will be propagated along the cord , each of which will ...
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... positions , and which therefore reflect the light in various directions . ( 21 ) The angles of incidence and reflexion ( or the angles which the incident and reflected rays make with the perpen- dicular to the reflecting surface at the ...
... positions , and which therefore reflect the light in various directions . ( 21 ) The angles of incidence and reflexion ( or the angles which the incident and reflected rays make with the perpen- dicular to the reflecting surface at the ...
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... position in which the refractions are equal at both sides . ( 28 ) We are now enabled to determine the refractive index of a transparent solid experimentally . The first step of this process is to polish two plane faces , inclined to ...
... position in which the refractions are equal at both sides . ( 28 ) We are now enabled to determine the refractive index of a transparent solid experimentally . The first step of this process is to polish two plane faces , inclined to ...
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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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