On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Spectrum - M. Becquerel's Discoveries of Inactive Lines in ditto Thermic Spectrum - Phosphoric Spectrum Electrical Pro- perties - Parathermic Rays - Moser and Hunt's Experiments → Gene- ral Structure and antagonist Properties of Solar ...
... Spectrum - M. Becquerel's Discoveries of Inactive Lines in ditto Thermic Spectrum - Phosphoric Spectrum Electrical Pro- perties - Parathermic Rays - Moser and Hunt's Experiments → Gene- ral Structure and antagonist Properties of Solar ...
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... Spectrum - Polarization of Heat Nature of Heat Absorptions Dew - Rain Combustion Expansion - Compensa- tion Pendulum Transmission through Crystals Propagation Dynamic Theory of Heat - Mechanical equivalent of Heat Latent Heat is the ...
... Spectrum - Polarization of Heat Nature of Heat Absorptions Dew - Rain Combustion Expansion - Compensa- tion Pendulum Transmission through Crystals Propagation Dynamic Theory of Heat - Mechanical equivalent of Heat Latent Heat is the ...
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... spectrum or oblong image of the sun , consisting of seven colours , red , orange , yellow , green , blue , indigo , and violet - of which the red is the least refrangible , and the violet the most . But , when he reunited these seven ...
... spectrum or oblong image of the sun , consisting of seven colours , red , orange , yellow , green , blue , indigo , and violet - of which the red is the least refrangible , and the violet the most . But , when he reunited these seven ...
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... spectrum , but is a mixture of all the colours of white light which the glass has not absorbed . The colours absorbed are such as mixed with the blue tint would form white light . When the spectrum of seven colours is viewed through a ...
... spectrum , but is a mixture of all the colours of white light which the glass has not absorbed . The colours absorbed are such as mixed with the blue tint would form white light . When the spectrum of seven colours is viewed through a ...
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... spectrum , not only with blue glass but with a variety of coloured media , Sir David Brewster , so justly celebrated for his optical discoveries , is of opinion that the solar spectrum consists of three primary colours , red , yellow ...
... spectrum , not only with blue glass but with a variety of coloured media , Sir David Brewster , so justly celebrated for his optical discoveries , is of opinion that the solar spectrum consists of three primary colours , red , yellow ...
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