| Isaac Newton - 1730 - 432 pages
...that the vibrations thus excited are pfopagated in the refracting or reflecting Medium or Subftance, much after the manner that vibrations are propagated in the Air for caufing Sound, and move fafter than the Rays fo as to overtake them ; and that when any Ray is in that... | |
| Isaac Newton - 1730 - 403 pages
...of ' the refracting or. reflecting Body, and by agitating them caufe the, Body to grow warm or hot; that the vibrations thus excited are propagated in the refracting or reflecting Medium. or Subllance, much after the manner that vibra- • tions are propagated in the -Air for cauiing • Sound,... | |
| William Nicholson - 1787 - 446 pages
...parts of the refracting or reflecting body, and by agitating them, caufe the body to grow warm or hot; that the vibrations thus excited are propagated in the refracting or reflecting medium or fubftance much after the manner that vibrations are propagated in the air for caufing found, and move... | |
| George Adams - 1794 - 604 pages
...manner that vibrations are propagated in the air, caufing found, and moving f ajler than the rays, fo as to overtake them ; and that when any ray is in that part of the vibration which confpires with it's motion, it eafily breaks through a refracting furface ; but when it is in the contrary... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 pages
...These vibrations, thus produced in the medium, move faster than the rays, so as to overtake them ; and when any ray is in that part of the vibration which conspires with its motion, its velocity is increased, and so it easily breaks through a refi acting surface ;... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 700 pages
...These vibrations, thus produced in the medium, move faster than the rays, so as to overtake them ; and when any ray is in that part of the vibration which conspires with its motion, its velocity is increased, and so it easily breaks through a refracting surface ;... | |
| William Nicholson - 1821 - 406 pages
...These vibrations, thus produced in the medium, move faster than the rays, so as to overtake them ; and when any ray is in that part of the vibration which conspires with its motion. its velocity is increased, and so it easily breaks through a refracting surface ;... | |
| Thomas Webster - 1837 - 512 pages
...parts of the refracting or reflecting body, and by agitating them cause the body to grow warm or hot ; that the vibrations thus excited are propagated in...propagated in the air for causing sound, and move, fester than the rays, so as to overtake them ; and that when any ray is in that part of the vibration... | |
| 1852 - 1080 pages
...solid parts of the refracting or reflecting body, and by agitating them cause them to grow warm or hot; that the vibrations thus excited are propagated in...ray is in that part of the vibration which conspires with its motion, it easily breaks through a refracting surface ;. but when it is in the contrary part... | |
| Layman - 1881 - 168 pages
...or reflecting surface, excite vibrations in the refracting or reflecting medium or substance ; . . . that the vibrations thus excited are propagated in...vibrations are propagated in the air for causing sound. . . . But whether this hypothesis be true or false I do not here consider" The last sentence italicised... | |
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