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... Brewster — New Colours - Fraunhofer's 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 .
... Brewster — New Colours - Fraunhofer's 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 .
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... occasionally , the satellites eclipse Jupiter , sometimes passing like obscure spots across his surface , resembling annular eclipses of the sun , and sometimes like a bright spot traversing one of his dark belts .
... occasionally , the satellites eclipse Jupiter , sometimes passing like obscure spots across his surface , resembling annular eclipses of the sun , and sometimes like a bright spot traversing one of his dark belts .
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In total solar eclipses the slender luminous arc that is visible for a few seconds before the sun vanishes and also before he reappears , resembles a string of pearls surrounding the dark edge of the moon ; it is occasioned by the sun's ...
In total solar eclipses the slender luminous arc that is visible for a few seconds before the sun vanishes and also before he reappears , resembles a string of pearls surrounding the dark edge of the moon ; it is occasioned by the sun's ...
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Jupiter revolves in less than ten hours round an axis at right angles to certain dark belts or bands , which always cross his equator . ( See Plate 1. ) This rapid rotation occasions a very great compression in his form .
Jupiter revolves in less than ten hours round an axis at right angles to certain dark belts or bands , which always cross his equator . ( See Plate 1. ) This rapid rotation occasions a very great compression in his form .
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At the time of these observations the part above the ring was bright white ; at his equator there 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 ...
At the time of these observations the part above the ring was bright white ; at his equator there 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 ...
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| Title | On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences |
| Author | Mary Somerville |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1858 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2013 |
| Length | 523 pages |
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