Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... optics , an epithet applied to a lens photographically perfect , or which unites all the chemi- cal rays into one ... optic nerves being paralytically affected ; sometimes called Gutta serena . Amazon Stone , a species of stone ...
... optics , an epithet applied to a lens photographically perfect , or which unites all the chemi- cal rays into one ... optic nerves being paralytically affected ; sometimes called Gutta serena . Amazon Stone , a species of stone ...
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... optics , breaking the rectilinear course of light . - Anaclastic glasses are sonorous glasses or phials , which emit a vehement noise by means of the human breath . Anaclas'tios ( Gr.ana , and klaoto break ) , that branch of optics ...
... optics , breaking the rectilinear course of light . - Anaclastic glasses are sonorous glasses or phials , which emit a vehement noise by means of the human breath . Anaclas'tios ( Gr.ana , and klaoto break ) , that branch of optics ...
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... optics , the angle of polarization , or angle of incidence , is the angle which a ray of light , refracted , makes with a perpen- dicular to the surface on which it falls ; -Angle of reflection is always equal to the angle of incidence ...
... optics , the angle of polarization , or angle of incidence , is the angle which a ray of light , refracted , makes with a perpen- dicular to the surface on which it falls ; -Angle of reflection is always equal to the angle of incidence ...
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... optics an instrument for the precise measurement of angles . Antimo'nious Acid ( Gr . ) , an acid consist- ing of two equivalents of antimony and four of oxygen . - Antimonite is a compound of antimonious acid and a base ; the grey ore ...
... optics an instrument for the precise measurement of angles . Antimo'nious Acid ( Gr . ) , an acid consist- ing of two equivalents of antimony and four of oxygen . - Antimonite is a compound of antimonious acid and a base ; the grey ore ...
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... optics , applied to glasses contrived to correct the abberration of the rays of light . Aploce'ros ( Gr . a simple horn ) , a genus of ovine antelopes , consisting of three species ; order Rodentia . Aplodon'tia ( Gr . simple tooth ) ...
... optics , applied to glasses contrived to correct the abberration of the rays of light . Aploce'ros ( Gr . a simple horn ) , a genus of ovine antelopes , consisting of three species ; order Rodentia . Aplodon'tia ( Gr . simple tooth ) ...
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