On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Dark Lines - Dispersion of Light The Achromatic Telescope - Homogeneous Light and Complementary Colours M. Plateau's Experiments and Theory of Accidental Colours - SECTION XX . - Accidental 159 Interference of Light - Undulatory Theory ...
... Dark Lines - Dispersion of Light The Achromatic Telescope - Homogeneous Light and Complementary Colours M. Plateau's Experiments and Theory of Accidental Colours - SECTION XX . - Accidental 159 Interference of Light - Undulatory Theory ...
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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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... dark and light , while at the pole there was a circular space of a pale colour . ( See Plate 2. ) The mean distance ... darkness . It is a singular result of theory , that the rings could not maintain their stability of rotation if they ...
... dark and light , while at the pole there was a circular space of a pale colour . ( See Plate 2. ) The mean distance ... darkness . It is a singular result of theory , that the rings could not maintain their stability of rotation if they ...
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