Optics Without MathematicsSociety for promoting Christian knowledge, 1883 - 124 páginas |
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... DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATION APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE . LONDON : SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE , NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE , CHARING CROSS , W.C .; 43 , QUEEN ...
... DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATION APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE . LONDON : SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE , NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE , CHARING CROSS , W.C .; 43 , QUEEN ...
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... direction , provided it is crossways to the direction of the ray or pencil of light that enters the eye ; for it is considered certain that lengthways , or straight from the source of light , there is no undulation at all . So much for ...
... direction , provided it is crossways to the direction of the ray or pencil of light that enters the eye ; for it is considered certain that lengthways , or straight from the source of light , there is no undulation at all . So much for ...
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... , be it more or less , that travels from the object to the eye . The whole universe must therefore be full of these wonderful vibrations , crossing each other in every conceivable direction OPTICS WITHOUT MATHEMATICS .
... , be it more or less , that travels from the object to the eye . The whole universe must therefore be full of these wonderful vibrations , crossing each other in every conceivable direction OPTICS WITHOUT MATHEMATICS .
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... direction . When we throw a stone into still water , we produce an unlimited disturbance , spreading itself on all sides in a succession of gradually enfeebled waves . So it is with light ; but with this im- portant difference , that we ...
... direction . When we throw a stone into still water , we produce an unlimited disturbance , spreading itself on all sides in a succession of gradually enfeebled waves . So it is with light ; but with this im- portant difference , that we ...
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... direction . Sound , as we all know , turns corners ; light , in an ordinary sense , never does . The slenderer we conceive the rays to be , the better : we sometimes speak of a number of them side by side as a pencil of rays . The point ...
... direction . Sound , as we all know , turns corners ; light , in an ordinary sense , never does . The slenderer we conceive the rays to be , the better : we sometimes speak of a number of them side by side as a pencil of rays . The point ...
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