On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 67
... dark and light , while at the pole there was a circular space of a pale colour . ( See Plate 2. ) The mean distance ... darkness . It is a singular result of theory , that the rings could not maintain their stability of rotation if they ...
... dark and light , while at the pole there was a circular space of a pale colour . ( See Plate 2. ) The mean distance ... darkness . It is a singular result of theory , that the rings could not maintain their stability of rotation if they ...
Page 130
... dark bands . Thus the successive waves which fly over the corn with the speed of the wind are totally distinct from , and entirely independent of the extent of the oscillations of each individual ear , though both take place in the same ...
... dark bands . Thus the successive waves which fly over the corn with the speed of the wind are totally distinct from , and entirely independent of the extent of the oscillations of each individual ear , though both take place in the same ...
Page 158
... dark- ness , the reflective power of the air adorns nature with the rosy and golden hues of the Aurora and twilight . Even when the sun is eighteen degrees below the horizon , a sufficient portion of light remains to show that at the ...
... dark- ness , the reflective power of the air adorns nature with the rosy and golden hues of the Aurora and twilight . Even when the sun is eighteen degrees below the horizon , a sufficient portion of light remains to show that at the ...
Page 159
... Dark Lines Dispersion of Light The Achromatic Telescope - Homogeneous Light- - Accidental and Complementary Colours - M . Plateau's Experiments and Theory of Accidental Colours . It is impossible thus to trace the path of a sunbeam ...
... Dark Lines Dispersion of Light The Achromatic Telescope - Homogeneous Light- - Accidental and Complementary Colours - M . Plateau's Experiments and Theory of Accidental Colours . It is impossible thus to trace the path of a sunbeam ...
Page 160
... dark light transmitted by a smalt - blue finger - glass is not a homogeneous colour like the blue or indigo of the spectrum , but is a mixture of all the colours of white light which the glass has not absorbed . The colours absorbed are ...
... dark light transmitted by a smalt - blue finger - glass is not a homogeneous colour like the blue or indigo of the spectrum , but is a mixture of all the colours of white light which the glass has not absorbed . The colours absorbed are ...
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61 Cygni absorbed action appears atmosphere attraction bismuth blue bodies centre centrifugal force chemical circular polarization coloured rings comet consequently copper crystal dark density diamagnetic diameter diminishes direction distance disturbing earth ecliptic effect electricity equal equator ethereal medium excentricity experiments extreme force gravitation greater heat hemisphere increase intensity Jupiter latitude length lines liquid longitude luminous lunar magnetic mass mean meridian metallic miles molecules moon motion move nebula nodal lines nodes NOTE nutation observed optic axis orbit parallax paramagnetic particles passing perihelion period perpendicular phenomena plane polarized light pole position prism produced quantity rays reflected refraction refrangible retrograde motion revolution revolving right angles rotation round satellites Sir John Herschel solar spectrum sound space stars substances sun's surface telescope temperature terrestrial theory tion tourmaline transmitted tricity undulations Uranus vapour velocity vibrations violet visible Voltaic waves wire