 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.  A Treatise on Optics - Page 22by David Brewster, Alexander Dallas Bache - 1833 - 95 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Army. Ordnance Department - 1922 - 120 pages
...equal. The law of refraction. — The angles of incidence and refraction lie in the same plane, and the sine of the angle of incidence divided by the sine of the angle of refraction is equal to a constant n characteristic of the two media and termed the index of refraction of the... | |
 | United States. Army. Ordnance Department - 1924 - 144 pages
...equal. The law of refraction. — The angles of incidence and refraction lie in the same plane, and the sine of the angle of incidence divided by the sine of the angle of refraction is equal to a constant n characteristic of the two media and termed the index of refraction of the... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1911 - 904 pages
...the law of reflection the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence, and for refraction, the sine of the angle of incidence divided by the sine of the angle of refraction is equal to the velocity of propagation of the waves in the first medium divided by the velocity in... | |
 | United States. Defense Intelligence Agency - 1967 - 266 pages
...See etch slip. snap marker — See point marker. SnelPs law of refraction — This law states that the sine of the angle of incidence divided by the sine of the angle of refraction equals a constant termed the index of refraction when one of the media is air. The index of refraction... | |
 | United States. Army Topographic Command - 1969 - 292 pages
...snakeslip— See etch slip. snap marker— See point marker. Snell's law of refraction— This law states that the sine of the angle of incidence divided by the sine of the angle of refraction equals a constant termed the index of refraction when one of the media is air. The index of refraction... | |
 | Us Dept Of Defense - 1999 - 396 pages
...(of specified wavelength) in air to its velocity in the substance under examination. Also 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. Reinforced Plastic - A plastic with relatively high stiffness... | |
 | F. McLennan, Bruce R. Kowalski - 1995 - 400 pages
...angles of incidence and refraction. He considered the two media air and water and established that the sine of the angle of incidence divided by the sine of the angle of refraction is a constant: sin r PHYSICAL PROPERTY ANALYZERS Air Water Figure 3.28 The laws of refraction (I).... | |
 | R. Timothy Hitchcock, Robert M. Patterson - 1995 - 560 pages
...The incident and refracted rays are in the same plane and follow SnelFs law. The latter states that the sine of the angle of incidence divided by the sine of the angle of refraction is equal to some refractive constant. Regular Reflection, Law of A reflected ray is in the same plane... | |
 | Mario Bunge - 626 pages
...us no single step nearer the true hypothesis, which is Snell's law. Snell's law can be stated thus: "The sine of the angle of incidence divided by the sine of the angle of refraction equals a constant [the refractive index of the pair of substances concerned]". In symbols: sin i/sin... | |
 | Ivor S. Levy, Paul Riordan-Eva - 1993 - 56 pages
...to the interface on passing into a medium of greater refractive index C - F SnelPs law states that the sine of the angle of incidence divided by the sine of the angle of refraction is equal to the change in refractive index D - F a convex spherical curved surface causes parallel... | |
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