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... of Light · Colours of Bodies · Constitution of Light according to Sir David Brewster — New Colours - Fraunhofer's ... and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours — Diffraction of Light ...
... of Light · Colours of Bodies · Constitution of Light according to Sir David Brewster — New Colours - Fraunhofer's ... and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours — Diffraction of Light ...
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The Fixed Stars - Their Number · The Milky Way - Double Stars Binary Systems Their Orbits and Periodic Times - Colours of the Stars Stars that have vanished - Variable Stars - Variation in Sun's Light - Parallax and Distances of the ...
The Fixed Stars - Their Number · The Milky Way - Double Stars Binary Systems Their Orbits and Periodic Times - Colours of the Stars Stars that have vanished - Variable Stars - Variation in Sun's Light - Parallax and Distances of the ...
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... disc were distinctly visible , and during that of 1856 the moon was like a beautiful rose - coloured ball floating in the ether : the colour is owing to the refraction of the sun's light passing through the earth's atmosphere .
... disc were distinctly visible , and during that of 1856 the moon was like a beautiful rose - coloured ball floating in the ether : the colour is owing to the refraction of the sun's light passing through the earth's atmosphere .
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The ball of Saturn is striped by belts of different colours . ... was a ruddy belt divided in two , above which were belts of a bluish green alternately dark and light , while at the pole there was a circular space of a pale colour .
The ball of Saturn is striped by belts of different colours . ... was a ruddy belt divided in two , above which were belts of a bluish green alternately dark and light , while at the pole there was a circular space of a pale colour .
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Constitution of Light according to Sir Isaac Newton — Absorption of Light - Colours of Bodies — Constitution of Light according to Sir David Brewster - New Colours Fraunhoffer's Dark Lines — Dispersion of Light – The Achromatic ...
Constitution of Light according to Sir Isaac Newton — Absorption of Light - Colours of Bodies — Constitution of Light according to Sir David Brewster - New Colours Fraunhoffer's Dark Lines — Dispersion of Light – The Achromatic ...
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