A Text-book of PhysicsLongmans, Green, and Company, 1902 - 951 pages |
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Common terms and phrases
amplitude angle of incidence axis Boyle's law called calorimeter carbon dioxide centimetre Charles's laws circle coefficient colours column constant convex lens corresponding curvature curve cylinder density direction displacement distance equal equation force acting fork frequency gases given glass Hence horizontal hydrogen incident increase interval kinetic energy length lens light liquid magnet mass measured medium mercury mirror molecules motion moving object obtained octave overtones parallel particle pass pendulum perpendicular piston plane plate pole portion position pressure prism produced quantity of heat radiation radius ratio reflected rays refracted ray refractive index represent resonator right angles rotation scale shown in Fig solid sound-waves sounding body specific heat sphere straight line string substance suppose surface tension Tâ temperature tion tone tube unit vapour velocity of sound vertical vessel vibrations volume wave-front wave-length waves weight
Popular passages
Page 580 - When a ray of light passes from one medium to another, it is refracted so that the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction is equal to the ratio of the velocities in the two media.â