On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 159
... prism ( N. 195 ) , which , separating the rays by refraction , formed a spectrum or oblong image of the sun , consisting of seven colours , red , orange , yellow , green , blue , indigo , and violet - of which the red is the least ...
... prism ( N. 195 ) , which , separating the rays by refraction , formed a spectrum or oblong image of the sun , consisting of seven colours , red , orange , yellow , green , blue , indigo , and violet - of which the red is the least ...
Page 161
... prism , though he admits that a mixture of blue and yellow solar light produces green . Professor Stokes , on the contrary , does not allow that a mixture of blue and yellow solar light produces green , although that mixture produces ...
... prism , though he admits that a mixture of blue and yellow solar light produces green . Professor Stokes , on the contrary , does not allow that a mixture of blue and yellow solar light produces green , although that mixture produces ...
Page 162
... prism is very perfect and the sunbeam small , so that the spectrum may be received on a sheet of white paper in its utmost state of purity , it presents the appearance of a riband shaded with all the prismatic colours , having its ...
... prism is very perfect and the sunbeam small , so that the spectrum may be received on a sheet of white paper in its utmost state of purity , it presents the appearance of a riband shaded with all the prismatic colours , having its ...
Page 163
... prism , longitudinal dark lines of different breadths are seen to cross the bands , already described , at right angles ; these M. Ragona - Scina and M. Babinet believe to be lines of interference which exist in light that has passed ...
... prism , longitudinal dark lines of different breadths are seen to cross the bands , already described , at right angles ; these M. Ragona - Scina and M. Babinet believe to be lines of interference which exist in light that has passed ...
Page 164
... prisms of different substances , under pre- cisely the same circumstances , are of different lengths . Thus , if a prism of flint - glass and one of crown - glass of equal refracting angles be presented to two rays of white light at ...
... prisms of different substances , under pre- cisely the same circumstances , are of different lengths . Thus , if a prism of flint - glass and one of crown - glass of equal refracting angles be presented to two rays of white light at ...
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