On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Dark Lines Light - The Achromatic Telescope - Homogeneous Light- and Complementary Colours M. Plateau's Experiments and Theory of Accidental Colours - - 159 SECTION XX . Interference of Light - Undulatory Theory of Light - Propagation ...
... Dark Lines Light - The Achromatic Telescope - Homogeneous Light- and Complementary Colours M. Plateau's Experiments and Theory of Accidental Colours - - 159 SECTION XX . Interference of Light - Undulatory Theory of Light - Propagation ...
Page xiii
... Dark Lines - Dispersion of Light - The Achromatic Telescope - Homogeneous Light — Accidental and Complementary Colours - M. Plateau's Experiments and Theory of Accidental Colours - 159 SECTION XX . Interference of Light - Undulatory ...
... Dark Lines - Dispersion of Light - The Achromatic Telescope - Homogeneous Light — Accidental and Complementary Colours - M. Plateau's Experiments and Theory of Accidental Colours - 159 SECTION XX . Interference of Light - Undulatory ...
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... dark belts . Before opposition , the shadow of the satellite , like a round black spot , precedes its passage over the disc of the planet ; and , after opposition , the shadow follows the satellite . In consequence of the relations ...
... dark belts . Before opposition , the shadow of the satellite , like a round black spot , precedes its passage over the disc of the planet ; and , after opposition , the shadow follows the satellite . In consequence of the relations ...
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... dark edge of the moon ; it is occasioned by the sun's rays passing between the tops of the lunar mountains : it occurs likewise in annular eclipses . A phenomenon altogether unprecedented was seen during the total eclipse of the sun ...
... dark edge of the moon ; it is occasioned by the sun's rays passing between the tops of the lunar mountains : it occurs likewise in annular eclipses . A phenomenon altogether unprecedented was seen during the total eclipse of the sun ...
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... dark band . The exterior ring , as seen through Mr. Lassell's great equatorial at Malta , has a dark- striped band through the centre , and is altogether less bright than the interior ring , one half of which is extremely brilliant ...
... dark band . The exterior ring , as seen through Mr. Lassell's great equatorial at Malta , has a dark- striped band through the centre , and is altogether less bright than the interior ring , one half of which is extremely brilliant ...
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