Light and ElectricityBoD – Books on Demand, 2022 M12 26 - 204 pages Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. |
Contents
General Considerations Rectilinear Propagation of Light | 11 |
Brightness | 17 |
Concave Mirrors | 27 |
Refraction of Light Dioptrics | 33 |
Opacity of Transparent Mixtures | 39 |
Vision and the Eye | 46 |
Persistence of Impressions | 51 |
Nature of Light Physical Theory of Reflection and Refraction | 57 |
Examination of Light transmitted through Iceland Spar | 111 |
Rings surrounding the Axes of Crystals in Polarized Light | 119 |
the Voltaic Battery | 131 |
Character of Magnetic Force | 138 |
MagneCrystallic Action | 144 |
The Electric Current | 150 |
Historic Jottings concerning the Electric Telegraph | 156 |
Artificial Cables | 162 |
Prisms | 64 |
Chromatic Aberration Achromatism | 71 |
Fraunhofers Lines | 77 |
The Rainbow | 84 |
Measurement of the Waves of Light | 93 |
Double Refraction | 101 |
Polarization of Light by Reflection | 108 |
Origin | 168 |
Measures of the Electric Current | 174 |
Relation of Heat to Current and to Resistance | 180 |
The ExtraCurrent | 186 |
Wildes Machine | 192 |
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