Elementary Treatise on the Wave-theory of LightLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857 - 208 páginas |
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... shown , that if the diameter of a fixed star were 250 times as great as that of our sun , its density being the same , its attraction would be sufficient to destroy the whole momentum of the emitted molecules , and the star would be ...
... shown , that if the diameter of a fixed star were 250 times as great as that of our sun , its density being the same , its attraction would be sufficient to destroy the whole momentum of the emitted molecules , and the star would be ...
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... shown this to be the case , as respects the luminiferous waves . It has been proved , that whatever be the intensity of the partial waves of the ether , which are propagated laterally round any interposed obstacle , the total light ...
... shown this to be the case , as respects the luminiferous waves . It has been proved , that whatever be the intensity of the partial waves of the ether , which are propagated laterally round any interposed obstacle , the total light ...
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... 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 same results may be deduced from a more plausible hypothesis relative to the mutual ...
... 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 same results may be deduced from a more plausible hypothesis relative to the mutual ...
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... shown by immersing a plate of glass in water or oil . III . The differences in the reflective powers of different substances are much more marked at small , than at great incidences . Thus , water and mercury - the first of which ...
... shown by immersing a plate of glass in water or oil . III . The differences in the reflective powers of different substances are much more marked at small , than at great incidences . Thus , water and mercury - the first of which ...
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... shown that the alge braic sum of the angles , which the portion of the ray within the prism makes with the two perpendiculars , is equal to the vertical angle of the prism ; or , denoting this angle by a , that wherefore ↓ + 4 = a ; S ...
... shown that the alge braic sum of the angles , which the portion of the ray within the prism makes with the two perpendiculars , is equal to the vertical angle of the prism ; or , denoting this angle by a , that wherefore ↓ + 4 = a ; S ...
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