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... action of light in reducing certain salts to their metallic state , or the elaborate and beautiful effects obtainable from thin films of solid , fluid , and gaseous bodies , or the action of crystallized bodies on polarized light , they ...
... action of light in reducing certain salts to their metallic state , or the elaborate and beautiful effects obtainable from thin films of solid , fluid , and gaseous bodies , or the action of crystallized bodies on polarized light , they ...
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... action , another mode of motion , is concerned in the phosphorescence of live animals and putrifying animal matter , and also in the production of the same effect in living and decaying plants . HEAT A SOURCE OF LIGHT . When iron is ...
... action , another mode of motion , is concerned in the phosphorescence of live animals and putrifying animal matter , and also in the production of the same effect in living and decaying plants . HEAT A SOURCE OF LIGHT . When iron is ...
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... the oxy - hydrogen light . ( Figs . 10 , 11 , 12. ) The shadow pantomimic action of living figures visible on a. FIG . 12. - Effect in front of the Curtain . and are shown on the ceiling . Written by John. SOURCES OF LIGHT . 133.
... the oxy - hydrogen light . ( Figs . 10 , 11 , 12. ) The shadow pantomimic action of living figures visible on a. FIG . 12. - Effect in front of the Curtain . and are shown on the ceiling . Written by John. SOURCES OF LIGHT . 133.
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John Henry Pepper. The shadow pantomimic action of living figures visible on a transparent disc with this strong light , and first introduced by the author at the Poly- technic , has gone the round of nearly all the exhibitions and ...
John Henry Pepper. The shadow pantomimic action of living figures visible on a transparent disc with this strong light , and first introduced by the author at the Poly- technic , has gone the round of nearly all the exhibitions and ...
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John Henry Pepper. II H " The action of the instrument is as follows . The standard lamp being placed on one of the supporting pillars which slide along the graduated stem ( Fig . 17 ) , it is adjusted to the proper height , and moved ...
John Henry Pepper. II H " The action of the instrument is as follows . The standard lamp being placed on one of the supporting pillars which slide along the graduated stem ( Fig . 17 ) , it is adjusted to the proper height , and moved ...
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