the second course of lightCUP Archive, 1965 - 342 pages |
Contents
Reflection and Refraction at Plane Surfaces | 1 |
Spherical Mirrors 225 22 94 | 24 |
Thin Lenses 4 Refraction at Spherical Surfaces | 57 |
Dispersion | 70 |
Defects of the Image | 94 |
Malus and Fraunhofer facing page | 96 |
Optical Instruments | 106 |
Spectroscopy | 144 |
Foucault and Fizeau | 224 |
The Establishment of the Wave Theory | 231 |
Newton and Huygens | 240 |
Wave Motion | 250 |
Interference | 265 |
Michelson and Rowland | 267 |
Diffraction | 291 |
a Diffraction fringes due to a straight edge | 292 |
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