Light and Electricity

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BoD – Books on Demand, 2022 M12 26 - 204 pages
Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.
 

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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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