A Text-book of PhysicsLongmans, Green, and Company, 1902 - 951 pages |
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Common terms and phrases
acceleration amplitude axis Boyle's law called calorimeter carbon dioxide centimetre centre Charles's laws circle coefficient column component constant convex lens curve cylinder density direction displacement distance equal equation equilibrium force acting fork frequency friction fundamental gases given glass gravity Hence incident increase interval kinetic energy length lens light liquid magnitude mass measured medium mercury mirror molecules motion moving nodal lines nodes obtained octave overtones parallel particle pass path pendulum period pipe piston pitch plane position potential energy poundal pressure produced prong quantity radius ratio reflected rays refractive index represent resonator resultant right angles rotation scale shown in Fig solid sound-waves sounding body specific heat speed sphere straight line string suppose surface surface tension 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.