Elementary Treatise on the Wave-theory of LightLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857 - 208 páginas |
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... appear of equal intensity , their illuminations are equal , and , therefore , the illuminating powers of the two lights are to one another as the squares of their distances from the screen . ( 9 ) Light is propagated with a finite ...
... appear of equal intensity , their illuminations are equal , and , therefore , the illuminating powers of the two lights are to one another as the squares of their distances from the screen . ( 9 ) Light is propagated with a finite ...
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... appear to be easily submitted to the test of experiment . If the weight of a molecule of light amounted to but one grain , its momentum would equall that of a cannon - ball , 150 pounds in weight , moving with the velocity of 1000 feet ...
... appear to be easily submitted to the test of experiment . If the weight of a molecule of light amounted to but one grain , its momentum would equall that of a cannon - ball , 150 pounds in weight , moving with the velocity of 1000 feet ...
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... appear , à priori , by what power of the amplitude it is to be represented . In fact , we must define what we mean ... appears that the space of vibration diminishes in the inverse simple ratio of the distance . Thus the known law of the ...
... appear , à priori , by what power of the amplitude it is to be represented . In fact , we must define what we mean ... appears that the space of vibration diminishes in the inverse simple ratio of the distance . Thus the known law of the ...
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... appears , then , that the sensibility of the eye is confined within much narrower limits than that of the ear ; the ratio of the times of the extreme vibrations which affect the eye being only that of 1.58 to 1 , which is less than the ...
... appears , then , that the sensibility of the eye is confined within much narrower limits than that of the ear ; the ratio of the times of the extreme vibrations which affect the eye being only that of 1.58 to 1 , which is less than the ...
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... appears that the rays , which differ in refran- gibility , likewise differ in colour ; the spectrum being red at its lowest or least refracted extremity , violet at its most refracted extremity , and yellow , green , and blue , in the ...
... appears that the rays , which differ in refran- gibility , likewise differ in colour ; the spectrum being red at its lowest or least refracted extremity , violet at its most refracted extremity , and yellow , green , and blue , in the ...
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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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