On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 187
... green hue , which will increase and arrive at its maxi- mum when the tourmaline has turned through ninety degrees ; after that , the green will vanish and the red will reappear , alternating at each quadrant . Thus the tourmaline ...
... green hue , which will increase and arrive at its maxi- mum when the tourmaline has turned through ninety degrees ; after that , the green will vanish and the red will reappear , alternating at each quadrant . Thus the tourmaline ...
Page 187
... green hue , which will increase and arrive at its maxi- mum when the tourmaline has turned through ninety degrees ; after that , the green will vanish and the red will reappear , alternating at each quadrant . Thus the tourmaline ...
... green hue , which will increase and arrive at its maxi- mum when the tourmaline has turned through ninety degrees ; after that , the green will vanish and the red will reappear , alternating at each quadrant . Thus the tourmaline ...
Page 189
... of being void of light , is occupied by a uniform tint of red , green , or blue , according to the thickness of the plate ( N. 214 ) . Suppose the plate of quartz to be of an inch thick , SECT . XXII . 189 EFFECTS OF COMPRESSION .
... of being void of light , is occupied by a uniform tint of red , green , or blue , according to the thickness of the plate ( N. 214 ) . Suppose the plate of quartz to be of an inch thick , SECT . XXII . 189 EFFECTS OF COMPRESSION .
Page 203
... green colour in the violet and blue rays , and resumes its original tint in the red . No attempt had been made to trace natural objects by means of light reflected from them , till Mr. Wedgwood , together with Sir Humphry Davy , took up ...
... green colour in the violet and blue rays , and resumes its original tint in the red . No attempt had been made to trace natural objects by means of light reflected from them , till Mr. Wedgwood , together with Sir Humphry Davy , took up ...
Page 208
... green , with carbonate of mercury it ends in the blue , and on paper prepared with the percyanide of gold , ammonia , and nitrate of silver , the darkening lies entirely beyond the visible spectrum at its most refrangible extremity ...
... green , with carbonate of mercury it ends in the blue , and on paper prepared with the percyanide of gold , ammonia , and nitrate of silver , the darkening lies entirely beyond the visible spectrum at its most refrangible extremity ...
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