On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & brothers, 1846 - 460 pages |
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... Colors 153 SECTION XX . Interference of Light - Undulatory Theory of Light - Propagation of Light -Newton's Rings - Measurement of the Length of the Waves of Light , and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Color - New ...
... Colors 153 SECTION XX . Interference of Light - Undulatory Theory of Light - Propagation of Light -Newton's Rings - Measurement of the Length of the Waves of Light , and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Color - New ...
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... that have vanished - New Stars- Double Stars - Binary and Multiple Systems - Their Orbits and Periods -Orbitual and Parallactic Motions - Colors - Proper Motions - General Motions of all the Stars - Clusters - Nebule - X CONTENTS .
... that have vanished - New Stars- Double Stars - Binary and Multiple Systems - Their Orbits and Periods -Orbitual and Parallactic Motions - Colors - Proper Motions - General Motions of all the Stars - Clusters - Nebule - X CONTENTS .
Page 153
... Colors of Bodies - Constitution of Light according to Sir David Brew- ster - New Colors in the Solar Spectrum - Fraunhofer's Dark Lines- Dispersion of Light - The Achromatic Telescope - Homogeneous Light- Accidental and Complementary ...
... Colors of Bodies - Constitution of Light according to Sir David Brew- ster - New Colors in the Solar Spectrum - Fraunhofer's Dark Lines- Dispersion of Light - The Achromatic Telescope - Homogeneous Light- Accidental and Complementary ...
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... color the same refrangibility ever belongs , and to the same refrangibility the same color . Since the discovery of absorbent media , how- ever , it appears that this is not the constitution of the solar spectrum . We know of no ...
... color the same refrangibility ever belongs , and to the same refrangibility the same color . Since the discovery of absorbent media , how- ever , it appears that this is not the constitution of the solar spectrum . We know of no ...
Page 155
... color like the blue or indigo of the spectrum , but is a mixture of all the colors of white light which the glass has not ab- sorbed . The colors absorbed are such as mixed with the blue tint would form white light . When the spec- trum ...
... color like the blue or indigo of the spectrum , but is a mixture of all the colors of white light which the glass has not ab- sorbed . The colors absorbed are such as mixed with the blue tint would form white light . When the spec- trum ...
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