 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
 | 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... | |
 | Robin Kerrod - 1991 - 159 pages
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 | 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... | |
 | Michael Chapple - 1999 - 282 pages
...and the normal to the refracting surface at the point of incidence all lie in the same plane. 2nd law The sine of the angle of incidence divided by the sine of the angle of refraction is a constant for two given media. The following diagram illustrates a typical situation. The first... | |
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