Cyclopadic Science SimplifiedF. Warne and Company, 1869 - 685 pages |
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Page 23
... surface over- powers that of the first , although if a candle is held opposite the best quick- silvered mirror two images are apparent . In the production of illusory effects by reflection from the surface of glass , the image reflected ...
... surface over- powers that of the first , although if a candle is held opposite the best quick- silvered mirror two images are apparent . In the production of illusory effects by reflection from the surface of glass , the image reflected ...
Page 198
... surface . This , however , is not found to be the case . The heat waves which are incident upon any given surface are disposed of in three ways : I. Some portion is absorbed . II . Another portion is reflected according to the ordinary ...
... surface . This , however , is not found to be the case . The heat waves which are incident upon any given surface are disposed of in three ways : I. Some portion is absorbed . II . Another portion is reflected according to the ordinary ...
Page 522
... surface . Thus its vibrations may be so communicated as to be perpendicular and normal to the surface in which the sound is the greatest augmented ; or they may be tangential to , or in the same plane with , the surface when the sound ...
... surface . Thus its vibrations may be so communicated as to be perpendicular and normal to the surface in which the sound is the greatest augmented ; or they may be tangential to , or in the same plane with , the surface when the sound ...
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