... and are not these vibrations propagated from the point of incidence to great distances < And do they not overtake the rays of light, and by overtaking them successively, do they not put them into the fits of easy reflexion and easy transmission described... The Theory of Light - Page 21by Thomas Preston - 1895 - 574 pagesFull view - About this book
| Isaac Newton - 1730 - 403 pages
...abovemention'd ? *and are not thefe Vibrations propagated from the point of Incidence to great diftances ? And do they not overtake the Rays of Light, and by overtaking them fuoeeffively, do they not put them into the Fits of eafy Reflexion and eafy Tranfmiffion defcribed... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1802 - 638 pages
...waves of " vibrations, or tremors, be thereby excited in the refracting or " reflecting medium ? — And are not these vibrations propagated " from the...overtake the rays of light, and by overtaking them suc" cessively, do not they put them into the fits of easy reflection " and easy transmission described... | |
| William Nicholson - 1802 - 752 pages
...medium ? And are not thefe vibrations propa" gated from the point of incidence to great diftances? And " do they not overtake the rays of light, and by overtaking " them fucceflively, do not they put them into the fits of eafy " refleciion and eafy tranfmiflion defcribed... | |
| Baden Powell - 1841 - 210 pages
...reflected, may not waves of vibrations or tremors be thereby excited in the refracting or reflecting medium? and are not these vibrations propagated from the point...easy reflexion and easy transmission described above ?" From this and other passages it would seem that he was desirous to combine the undulatory view with... | |
| William Whewell - 1858 - 682 pages
...the refracting or reflecting medium at the point of incidence ? . . . . and do not these vibrations overtake the rays of light, and by overtaking them...successively, do they not put them into the fits of easy reflection and easy Optieki, p. 322. transmission described above ?" Several of the other queries imply... | |
| Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1862 - 544 pages
...the finger, or by the light which comes from the coal of fire in the experiments above mentioned ? And are not these vibrations propagated from the point...overtaking them successively do they not put them into fits of easy reflexion and easy transmission described above? For if the rays endeavour to recede from... | |
| 1862 - 540 pages
...the finger, or by the light which comes from the coal of fire in the experiments above mentioned ? And are not these vibrations propagated from the point...overtaking them successively do they not put them into fits of easy reflexion and easy transmission described above? For if the rays endeavour to recede from... | |
| Edwin Edser - 1902 - 604 pages
...the refracting or reflecting medium at the point of incidence and continue to arise there, and to he propagated from thence .... and are not these vibrations...of easy reflexion and easy transmission described alxive ? For if the rays endeavour to recede from the densest part of the vibration, they may he alternately... | |
| Edwin Edser - 1915 - 608 pages
...easy transmission. To explain these fits, he asked ' ' when a ray of light falls on the surface of a pellucid body, and is there refracted or reflected,...overtaking them successively, do they not put them into 1he fits of easy reflexion and easy transmission described above ? For if the rays endeavour to recede... | |
| Devendra Náth Mallik - 1917 - 200 pages
...refracted and reflected, may not waves of vibrations or tremors be thereby excited in the reflecting medium and do they not overtake the rays of light and, by...overtaking them successively, do they not put them into Fits of easy reflexion and easy transmission*?" As a further explanation, he suggests (Q. 26) that... | |
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