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" ... to light. It is the frequency of the reflections at the limiting surfaces of air and water that renders foam opaque. The blackest clouds owe their gloom to this repeated reflection, which diminishes their transmitted light, hence also their whiteness... "
Notes of a Course of Nine Lectures on Light Delivered at the Royal ... - Page 19
by John Tyndall - 1870 - 74 pages
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The Illustrated photographer, Volume 2

1870 - 586 pages
...renders foam opaque. The blackest clouds owe their gloom to this repeated reflection.whichdimmWu's their transmitted light. Hence also their whiteness...light. To a similar cause is due the whiteness and iniperviousness of common salt, and of transparent bodies generally when crushed to powder. The individual...
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Light and Electricity: Notes of Two Courses of Lectures Before the Royal ...

John Tyndall - 1871 - 216 pages
...and water that renders foam opaque. The blackest clouds owe their gloom to this repeated reflection, which diminishes their transmitted light. Hence also...individual particles transmit light freely; but the reflections at their surfaces are so numerous that the light is wasted in echoes before it can reach...
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LIGHT AND ELECTRICITY: NOTES OF TWO COURSES OF LECTURES BEFORE THE ROYAL ...

JOHN TYNDALL, L.L.D., F.R.S. - 1871 - 204 pages
...and water that renders foam opaque. The blackest clouds owe their gloom to this repeated reflection, which diminishes their transmitted light. Hence also...powder. The individual particles transmit light freely; bu4) the reflections at their surfaces are so numerous that the light is wasted in echoes before it...
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Elements of Acoustics, Light, and Heat

William Lees - 1873 - 156 pages
...and water that renders foam opaque. The blackest clouds owe their gloom to this repeated reflection, which diminishes their transmitted light, hence also...individual particles transmit light freely; but the reflections at their surfaces are so numerous that the light is wasted in echoes before it can reach...
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Elements of Acoustics, Light, and Heat

William Lees - 1873 - 148 pages
...and water that renders foam opaque. The blackest clouds owe their gloom to this repeated reflection, which diminishes their transmitted light, hence also...light. To a similar cause is due the whiteness and impervkrasness of common salt, and of transparent bodies TOTAL REFLECTION. generally when crushed to...
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Light and Electricity: Notes of Two Courses of Lectures Before the Royal ...

John Tyndall - 1874 - 216 pages
...and water that renders foam opaque. The blackest clouds owe their gloom to this repeated reflection, which diminishes their transmitted light. Hence also...individual particles transmit light freely; but the reflections at their surfaces are so numerous that the light is wasted in echoes before it can reach...
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Light and Electricity: Notes of Two Courses of Lectures Before the Royal ...

John Tyndall - 1875 - 236 pages
...and water that renders foam opaque. The blackest clouds owe their gloom to this repeated reflection, which diminishes their transmitted light. Hence also...is due the whiteness and imperviousness of common Bait, and of transparent bodies generally when crushed to powder. The individual particles transmit...
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Elements of Acoustics, Light and Heat

William Lees - 1876 - 152 pages
...and water that renders foam opaque. The blackest clouds owe their gloom to this repeated reflection, which diminishes their transmitted light, hence also...imperviousness of common salt, and of transparent bodies TOTAL REFLECTION. generally when crushed to powder. The individual particles transmit light freely;...
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Elements of acoustics, light, and heat

William Lees - 1882 - 184 pages
...also their whiteness by reflected light. To a similar cause is due the whiteness and i in perviousness of common salt, and of transparent bodies generally when crushed to powder. The individual TOTAL REFLECTION. particles transmit light freely; but the reflections at their surfaces are so numerous...
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Volume 23

1919 - 676 pages
...and water that renders foam opaque. The blackest clouds owe their gloom to this repeated reflection which diminishes their transmitted light. Hence also...individual particles transmit light freely; but the reflections at their surfaces are so numerous that the light is wasted in echoes before it can reach...
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