Elementary Treatise on the Wave-theory of LightLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857 - 208 páginas |
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... extreme incidences . ( 158 ) Partial polari- zation by reflexion and refraction ; law of Arago . ( 159 ) Complete polariza- tion of reflected light ; law of Brewster . ( 160 , 161 ) Change of plane of polarization by reflexion and ...
... extreme incidences . ( 158 ) Partial polari- zation by reflexion and refraction ; law of Arago . ( 159 ) Complete polariza- tion of reflected light ; law of Brewster . ( 160 , 161 ) Change of plane of polarization by reflexion and ...
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... extreme minuteness , in all directions . In the latter , the same body is supposed to excite the vibrations of an elastic ether , which are commu- nicated from particle to particle , to its remotest bounds . This ethereal medium is ...
... extreme minuteness , in all directions . In the latter , the same body is supposed to excite the vibrations of an elastic ether , which are commu- nicated from particle to particle , to its remotest bounds . This ethereal medium is ...
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... extreme red of the spectrum , is 266 ten - millionths of an inch , and that corresponding to the extreme violet 167 ten - millionths . The length of the wave corresponding to the ray of mean refrangibility is nearly 200 PROPAGATION OF ...
... extreme red of the spectrum , is 266 ten - millionths of an inch , and that corresponding to the extreme violet 167 ten - millionths . The length of the wave corresponding to the ray of mean refrangibility is nearly 200 PROPAGATION OF ...
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... extreme vibrations which affect the eye being only that of 1.58 to 1 , which is less than the ratio of the times of vibration of a fundamental note and its octave . There is no reason for supposing , however , that the vibrations them ...
... extreme vibrations which affect the eye being only that of 1.58 to 1 , which is less than the ratio of the times of vibration of a fundamental note and its octave . There is no reason for supposing , however , that the vibrations them ...
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... extreme limits to which the vibratory movement is propagated in any given time ; so that light is propagated from any one point to another in the least possible time . This is the well - known law of Fermat , the law of swiftest ...
... extreme limits to which the vibratory movement is propagated in any given time ; so that light is propagated from any one point to another in the least possible time . This is the well - known law of Fermat , the law of swiftest ...
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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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