Memoirs of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, Volumes 104-106Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society., 1961 |
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... physics is made and upon which the paraphernalia of modern physics depends . Physics is something like a treasure- hunt in which Nature plants clues here and there , and as the hunt progresses so do the clues become more difficult and ...
... physics is made and upon which the paraphernalia of modern physics depends . Physics is something like a treasure- hunt in which Nature plants clues here and there , and as the hunt progresses so do the clues become more difficult and ...
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... physics , simple phenomena- such as the Fresnel diffraction pattern of a straight edge ( Fig . 1 ) — require difficult mathematics ; Fraunhofer devised more elabor- ate experiments which could be treated theoretically by relatively ...
... physics , simple phenomena- such as the Fresnel diffraction pattern of a straight edge ( Fig . 1 ) — require difficult mathematics ; Fraunhofer devised more elabor- ate experiments which could be treated theoretically by relatively ...
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... physics . Indeed , it can be better described as a signpost , for it pointed the way to several broad avenues in physics . It established that X - rays had wave properties ; it enabled Moseley ( who worked here in Manchester ) to ...
... physics . Indeed , it can be better described as a signpost , for it pointed the way to several broad avenues in physics . It established that X - rays had wave properties ; it enabled Moseley ( who worked here in Manchester ) to ...
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