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" Briefly defined, then, transparency in liquids as well as in gases is synonymous with discord, while opacity is synonymous with accord between the periods of the waves of ether and those of the molecules of the body on which they impinge. All ordinary... "
Notices of the Proceedings - Page 231
by Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1866
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Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science, Volume 9

1864 - 332 pages
...latter are absorbed. Briefly denned, then, transparency in liquids as well as in gases is synonymous with discord, while opacity is synonymous with accord...they impinge. All ordinary transparent and colourless substance! owe their transparency to the discord which exists between the oscillating periods of their...
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Volume 13

Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1864 - 636 pages
...latter are absorbed. Briefly defined, their transparency in liquids, as well as in gases, is synonymous with discord, while opacity is synonymous with accord...the vibrating periods of the molecules of compound bodies with the light-giving waves of the spectrum may be inferred from the prevalence of the property...
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Volume 13

Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1864 - 636 pages
...latter are absorbed. Briefly defined, their transparency in liquids, as well as in gases, is synonymous with discord, while opacity is synonymous with accord...the vibrating periods of the molecules of compound bodies with the light-giving waves of the spectrum may be inferred from the prevalence of the property...
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Volume 13

Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1864 - 636 pages
...absorbed. Briefly denned, their transparency in liquids, as well as in gases, is synonymous with diteord, while opacity is synonymous with accord between the...the vibrating periods of the molecules of compound bodies with the light-giving waves of the spectrum may be inferred from the prevalence of the property...
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The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, Volumes 9-10

1864 - 648 pages
...latter are absorbed, briefly defined, then, transparency in liquids as well as in gases u synonymous with discord, while opacity is synonymous with accord...those of the waves of the whole visible spectrum. The genernl div cord of the vibrating periods of the molecules of compound bodies with the light-giving...
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Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science, Volumes 9-10

1864 - 654 pages
...transparent and colourless substances )we their transparency to the discord which exists between he oscillating periods of their molecules and those of...the waves of the whole visible spectrum. The general disord of the vibrating periods of the molecules of compound bodies with the light-giving waves of...
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Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art ...

1865 - 388 pages
...latter are absorbed. Briefly defined, then, transparency in liquids as well as in gases, is synonymous with discord, while opacity is synonymous with accord...on which they impinge. All ordinary transparent and colorless substances owe their transparency to the discard which exists between the oscillating periods...
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The Elements of Molecular Mechanics

Joseph Bayma - 1866 - 300 pages
...others are necessarily reflected or absorbed at the surface of incidence*. * Professor Tyndall says: "All ordinary transparent and colourless substances...the vibrating periods of the molecules of compound bodies with the lightgiving waves of the spectrum may be inferred from the prevalence of the property...
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Heat: A Mode of Motion

John Tyndall - 1868 - 560 pages
...absorption, coincidence of period is necessary. Briefly defined, therefore, transparency is synonymous with discord, while opacity is synonymous with accord,...of the molecules of the body on which they impinge. The opacity, then, of our solution of iodine to light shows that its atoms are competent to vibrate...
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On Molecular and Microscopic Science, Volume 1

Mary Somerville - 1869 - 454 pages
...of ether and those of the body on which they impinge. SECT. n. CAUSE OF TRANSPARENCY AND OPACITY. 37 All ordinary transparent and colourless substances...the vibrating periods of the molecules of compound bodies with the light-giving waves of the spectrum may be inferred from the prevalence of the property...
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