Theories of Light: From Descartes to NewtonOldbourne, 1967 - 363 pages |
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Page 130
... sine relation ] that is so doubtful and so little admissible.78 Fermat here rejects the Cartesian proof of the sine law , not any longer because it is not conclusive , as he believed twenty years earlier , but simply because it now ...
... sine relation ] that is so doubtful and so little admissible.78 Fermat here rejects the Cartesian proof of the sine law , not any longer because it is not conclusive , as he believed twenty years earlier , but simply because it now ...
Page 299
... Sine of Incidence of every Ray considered apart , is to its Sine of Refraction in a given Ratio ' . Nevertheless , and although he describes an ' experimental Proof " of the sine law in this qualified and correct form , he is still not ...
... Sine of Incidence of every Ray considered apart , is to its Sine of Refraction in a given Ratio ' . Nevertheless , and although he describes an ' experimental Proof " of the sine law in this qualified and correct form , he is still not ...
Page 303
... sine is to the sine of incidence on the first plane in a given ratio . The next Proposition ( Prop . XCV ) further proves that , the same things being supposed , the velocity of the particle after emergence will be to the velocity of ...
... sine is to the sine of incidence on the first plane in a given ratio . The next Proposition ( Prop . XCV ) further proves that , the same things being supposed , the velocity of the particle after emergence will be to the velocity of ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Abbreviations | 16 |
Descartes Doctrine of the Instantaneous Propaga | 46 |
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