 In a very dark chamber, at a round hole about onethird part of an inch broad made in the shutter of a window, I placed a glass prism, whereby the beam of the sun's light which came in at the...  A Treatise on Geometrical Optics - Page 160by Robert Alfred Herman - 1900 - 344 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Isaac Newton - 1730 - 432 pages
...Refrangible. The PRooF by Experiments. Exper. 3. TN a very dark Chamber, at a round JL Hole,, about one. third Part of an Inch broad, made in the Shut of a Window, I placed a Glafs Prifm, whereby the Beam of the Sun's Light, which came in at that Hole, might be refracted upwards... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1828 - 468 pages
...experiment, with reference to an engraved figure. " In a very dark chamber, at a round hole B, about onethird of an inch broad, made in • the shut of a window, I placed a glass prism ACE, whereby the beam of the sun's light BG, which came in at that hole, might be refracted upwards,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 798 pages
...the scene of life is shut up, the slave will be above his master, if he has acted better. Collier. In a very dark chamber, at a round hole, about one-third...made in the shut of a window, I placed a glass prism. Newton. Lucullus, with a great fleet, »hut up Mithridates in Pitany. Arlmthuot. SHUTER (Edward), an... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1883 - 834 pages
...from home at blushing shut of day. Keitts. 2. A small door or cover; a shutter. At a round hole, . . . made in the shut of a window, I placed a glass prism. AViffeM. 3. The line where two pieces of metal aie united by welding.— Cold shut, the imperfection... | |
 | Thomas Preston - 1890 - 494 pages
...the sun consists of rays differently refrangible " (Newton, Optieks, book i. prop. ii. theorem 2). In a very dark chamber, at a round hole about one-third part of an inch broad, made in the shutter of a window, I placed a glass prism, whereby the beam of the sun's light, which came in at... | |
 | Frederic William Westaway - 1912 - 474 pages
...Light of the Sun consists of Rays differently Refrangible.2 The Proof by Experiments Experiment 1. — In a very dark chamber, at a round hole about onethird part of an inch broad made in the shutter of a window, I placed a glass prism, whereby the beam of the sun's light which came in at the'... | |
 | Sir William Augustus Tilden - 1913 - 394 pages
...of operating, or in the form of apparatus. Newton gives the following account of his procedure : l " In a very dark chamber, at a round hole about one-third...broad made in the shut of a window, I placed a glass 1 Newton's Opticki, Book I. prism, whereby the beam of the sun's light which came in at that hole might... | |
 | 1918 - 514 pages
...description of his experiment reminds one of Newton's optics. For instance, one reads in Newton's Opticks, "In a very dark chamber, at a round hole about one-third...whereby the beam of the sun's light which came in at the hole might be refracted upwards toward the opposite wall of the chamber." This could just as well... | |
 | Samuel Alfred Mitchell - 1923 - 574 pages
...the effect observed is so clear that the following is copied from Optics, Third edition, page 2I.1 " In a very dark chamber at a round hole about onethird part oí an inch broad made in the shut of a window I placed a glass prism, whereby the beam of the sun's... | |
 | Ronald Bracewell - 2004 - 712 pages
...Apertures, in optics, are openings in flat screens dating back to the "round Hole, about one third Part of an Inch broad, made in the Shut of a Window" that Newton pierced in his shutter at Trinity College when he was studying the composition of sunlight.... | |
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