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Polarization of Light - Defined — Polarization by Refraction - Properties of the Tourmaline — Double Refraction — All doubly Refracted Light is Polarized Properties of Iceland Spar - Tourmaline absorbs one of the two Refracted Rays ...
Polarization of Light - Defined — Polarization by Refraction - Properties of the Tourmaline — Double Refraction — All doubly Refracted Light is Polarized Properties of Iceland Spar - Tourmaline absorbs one of the two Refracted Rays ...
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As Jupiter is nearer to us when in opposition by the whole breadth of the earth's orbit than when in conjunction , this circumstance is to be attributed to the time employed by the rays of light in crossing the earth's orbit ...
As Jupiter is nearer to us when in opposition by the whole breadth of the earth's orbit than when in conjunction , this circumstance is to be attributed to the time employed by the rays of light in crossing the earth's orbit ...
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In lunar eclipses , our atmosphere bends the sun's rays which pass through it all round into the cone of the earth's shadow . And as the horizontal refraction ( N. 114 ) or bending of the rays surpasses half the sum of the semidiameters ...
In lunar eclipses , our atmosphere bends the sun's rays which pass through it all round into the cone of the earth's shadow . And as the horizontal refraction ( N. 114 ) or bending of the rays surpasses half the sum of the semidiameters ...
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Even in total eclipses the higher part of the atmosphere is enlightened by a part of the sun's disc , and reflects its rays to the earth . The whole disc of the new moon is frequently visible from atmospheric reflection .
Even in total eclipses the higher part of the atmosphere is enlightened by a part of the sun's disc , and reflects its rays to the earth . The whole disc of the new moon is frequently visible from atmospheric reflection .
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... of heat from the sun's rays , geologists have been induced to believe , from the fossil remains , that the mean temperature of the globe is decreasing . The high temperature of mines , hot springs , and above all the internal fires ...
... of heat from the sun's rays , geologists have been induced to believe , from the fossil remains , that the mean temperature of the globe is decreasing . The high temperature of mines , hot springs , and above all the internal fires ...
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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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