 | R.W. Farebrother, Michael Schyns - 2002 - 276 pages
...translucent media. As a light beam strikes the boundary between two media, it bends in such a way that the sine of the angle of incidence divided by the sine of the angle of refraction is proportional to the ratio of the densities of the two media. In this context, the principle that the... | |
 | Mario Bertolotti - 2004 - 346 pages
...colourless glass is shown as a function of wavelength expressed in nanometres ( 1 nm = 10~9 m). that the sine of the angle of incidence divided by the sine of the angle of refraction is equal to the ratio of the refractive index of the second medium to the refractive index of the incidence... | |
 | Paolo Nanetti - 2006 - 280 pages
...corresponding angle in the air (angle of incidence). Mathematically, the refractive index is the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence divided by the sine of the angle of refraction. The measurement of the refractive index (-ยป refractometer) serves to test transparent liquids, like... | |
 | Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1876 - 600 pages
...o'm' by n'p', we will have in both cases the same quotient, or, as it is generally expressed : the sine of the angle of incidence divided by the sine of the angle of refraction is a constant, whatever the angle of incidence may be. This constant quotient is called the index of refraction. Different... | |
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It may also be defined as the sine of the angle of incidence divided by the sine of the angle of refraction, as light passes from air into the substance. 
