They will also be capable of several properties and be able to conserve their properties unchanged in passing through several mediums, which is another condition of the rays of light. Pellucid substances act upon the rays of light at a distance in refracting,... Elements of Chemical Philosophy - Page 117by Sir Humphry Davy - 1812 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
| Isaac Newton - 1730 - 432 pages
...Force between Bodies. If Refraction be perform'd by Attraction of the Rays, the Sines of Incidence muft be to the Sines of Refraction in a given Proportion, as we fhew'd in our Principles of Philofophy : And this Rule is true by Experience. The Rays of Light in... | |
| Isaac Newton - 1730 - 403 pages
...Condition of the Rays of Light. Pellucid Subftances ad ^upon the Rays of Light at a diftance in refracting, reflecting, and inflecting them, and the Rays mutually agitate the Parts of thofe Subftances at a diftance for heating them ; and this Action and Re-adion at a diftance very much... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 418 pages
...scuse. Tate's Juvenal. Pellucid substances act upon the rays of light at a distance, in refracting, reflecting and inflecting them, and the rays mutually...of those substances at a distance for heating them. Newton's Opticki. What should most excite a mi¿tiM¡ flame, Your rural cares and pleasures are the... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 pages
...sense. Täte's Juvenal. Pellucid substances act upon the rays of light at a distance, in refracting, reflecting and inflecting them, and the rays mutually...agitate the parts of those substances at a distance for healing them. Newton's Opticks. What should most excite a mutual flame, Your rural cares and pleasures... | |
| 1922 - 486 pages
...Condition of the Rays of Light. Pellucid Substances act upon the Rays of Light at a distance in refracting, reflecting and inflecting them, and the Rays mutually...attractive Force between Bodies. If Refraction be perform'd by Attraction of the Rays, the Sines of Incidence must be to the Sines of Refraction in a... | |
| Floyd Karker Richtmyer - 1928 - 634 pages
...of rays of light . . . Pellucid substances act upon the rays of light at a distance in refracting, reflecting and inflecting them, and the rays mutually agitate the parts of those substances in heating them; and this action at a distance very much resembles an attractive force between bodies.... | |
| A. I. Sabra - 1981 - 372 pages
...shining Substances? . . . Pellucid Substances act upon the Rays of Light at a distance in refracting, reflecting, and inflecting them, and the Rays mutually...attractive Force between Bodies. If Refraction be perform'd by Attraction of the Rays, the Sines of Incidence must be to the Sines of Refraction in a... | |
| Peter Achinstein - 1991 - 346 pages
...Condition of Rays of Light. Pellucid Substances act upon the Rays of Light at a distance in refracting, reflecting, and inflecting them, and the Rays mutually...the Sines of Refraction in a given Proportion, as we showed in our Principles of Philosophy: And this Rule is true by Experience. 34 Newton is claiming... | |
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