Elementary Treatise on the Wave-theory of LightLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857 - 208 páginas |
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... follows , that the direct light of the fixed stars , and the reflected light of the satellites , travel with the same velocity . ( 11 ) The velocity of light , emanating from a terrestrial source , has been recently measured by M ...
... follows , that the direct light of the fixed stars , and the reflected light of the satellites , travel with the same velocity . ( 11 ) The velocity of light , emanating from a terrestrial source , has been recently measured by M ...
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... follow the path of a projectile in the air ; or about which we reason , when we determine the course of a planet in its orbit . Mo- tions of the latter kind , too , are everywhere taking place around us . When the surface of stagnant ...
... follow the path of a projectile in the air ; or about which we reason , when we determine the course of a planet in its orbit . Mo- tions of the latter kind , too , are everywhere taking place around us . When the surface of stagnant ...
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... follows from these principles , that the velocity with which vibratory movement is propagated in an elastic medium de- pends in no degree on the exciting cause , but varies solely with the elasticity of the medium and its density . If ...
... follows from these principles , that the velocity with which vibratory movement is propagated in an elastic medium de- pends in no degree on the exciting cause , but varies solely with the elasticity of the medium and its density . If ...
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... follow that some of the particles reach their highest posi- tion , when others are in the lowest ; while other particles , intermediate to these , are neither in their highest nor their lowest position , but in some intermediate state ...
... follow that some of the particles reach their highest posi- tion , when others are in the lowest ; while other particles , intermediate to these , are neither in their highest nor their lowest position , but in some intermediate state ...
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... follows that the intensity of the light diverging from any lumi- nous origin must decrease inversely as the square of the dis- tance ; for , from the laws of wave propagation it appears that the space of vibration diminishes in the ...
... follows that the intensity of the light diverging from any lumi- nous origin must decrease inversely as the square of the dis- tance ; for , from the laws of wave propagation it appears that the space of vibration diminishes 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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