On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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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 ...
Page 162
... dark red rays beyond the red extremity of the spectrum which can only be seen when the eye is defended from the glare of the other colours by a dark blue cobalt glass . He has also found that beyond the extreme violet there are visible ...
... dark red rays beyond the red extremity of the spectrum which can only be seen when the eye is defended from the glare of the other colours by a dark blue cobalt glass . He has also found that beyond the extreme violet there are visible ...
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