On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... refrangible , and the violet the most . But , when he reunited these seven rays by means of a lens , the compound ... refrangibility the same colour . Since the discovery of absorbent media , however , it appears that this is not the ...
... refrangible , and the violet the most . But , when he reunited these seven rays by means of a lens , the compound ... refrangibility the same colour . Since the discovery of absorbent media , however , it appears that this is not the ...
Page 203
... refrangible part of the spectrum , and that the red rays have an opposite quality , that of restoring the blackened salt of silver to its original purity ; from which he inferred that the most refrangible extremity of the spectrum has ...
... refrangible part of the spectrum , and that the red rays have an opposite quality , that of restoring the blackened salt of silver to its original purity ; from which he inferred that the most refrangible extremity of the spectrum has ...
Page 207
... refrangibility of the rays alone , but also on the nature of the rays themselves , and on the physical properties of the analyzing ... refrangible rays , but reaches much beyond the extreme SECT . XXIV . DISTRIBUTION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY . 207.
... refrangibility of the rays alone , but also on the nature of the rays themselves , and on the physical properties of the analyzing ... refrangible rays , but reaches much beyond the extreme SECT . XXIV . DISTRIBUTION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY . 207.
Page 208
... refrangible blue , one in the indigo , and a third beyond the visible violet . The decrease in photographic energy is seldom perfectly alike on both sides of the maximum . Thus at the most re- frangible end of the solar spectrum the ...
... refrangible blue , one in the indigo , and a third beyond the visible violet . The decrease in photographic energy is seldom perfectly alike on both sides of the maximum . Thus at the most re- frangible end of the solar spectrum the ...
Page 209
... refrangible blue . Mr. Hunt found on a paper prepared with fluoride of silver that a yellow line was impressed on the space occupied by the yellow rays , a green band on the space under the green rays , an intense blue throughout the ...
... refrangible blue . Mr. Hunt found on a paper prepared with fluoride of silver that a yellow line was impressed on the space occupied by the yellow rays , a green band on the space under the green rays , an intense blue throughout the ...
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