 | James Mitchell - 1823 - 666 pages
...refraction are to each other, accurately, or very nearly, in a given ratio. 3. That from air to glass the sine of the angle of incidence is to the sine of the refracted angle, as 300 to 193, or nearly as 14 to 0 ; and on the contrary from glass to air, the angle... | |
 | 1824 - 878 pages
...a given ratio to one another. 1 This amounts to the same with saying, that, in the case before us, the sine of the angle of incidence is to the sine of the angle of refraction in a given ratio. The explanation of the law of refraction thus given is so highly satisfactory,... | |
 | 1824 - 844 pages
...have a given ratio to one another.1 This amounts to the same with saying, that, in the case before us, the sine of the angle of incidence is to the sine of the angle of refraction in a given ratio. The explanation of the law of refraction thus given is so highly satisfactory,... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - 1825 - 1046 pages
...The angles of incidence and refraction are in the tame plane ; and, whilst the mediums e»r the same, the sine of the angle of incidence is to the sine of the angle of refraction, in a given ratio. Upon the surface of a hoard TV, (fiff. 3,) with the centreC and any radius... | |
 | 1823 - 472 pages
...glass from the centre of the fifst surface of the small lens is to the radius, of the first surface ^ ^ the Sine of the angle of incidence is to the Sine of the angle of refraction. The aberration of the principal lens being almost removed by its polyzonal construction,... | |
 | 1829 - 522 pages
...'.if incidence AGP, and EF the sine of the angle of refraction E С Q. Hence it follows, that in water the sine of the angle of incidence is to the sine of the angle of refraction as 1.336 to I, whatever be the position of the ray with respect to the surface ; that is,... | |
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1836 - 496 pages
...given ratio to each other. This amounts to the same thing with saying, that, in the case before us, the sine of the angle of incidence is to the sine of the angle of refraction in a given ratio. This explanation of the law of refraction is so satisfactory, that it... | |
 | 1841 - 488 pages
...refraction are in a plane perpendicular to the refracting surface ; and while the mediums are the same, the sine of the angle of incidence is to the sine of the angle of refraction, in a given ratio. Upon the plane surface of a board, T v, with the centre, c, and any radius,... | |
 | 1838 - 556 pages
...CD is to CG as the sine of DGC, or LGC or HCF is to the sine of the angle CDG, or DCE, that is, as the sine of the angle of incidence is to the sine of the angle of refraction. In explaining this law of Snellius, Huygens has, we think, acted iincourteously to his... | |
 | David Brewster - 1841 - 432 pages
...RM, and bn, b' n' the sines of the angles of refraction b RN, b' R N. Hence it follows, that in water the sine of the angle of incidence is to the sine of the angle of refraction as 1-336 to 1, whatever be the position of the ray with respect to the surface EF of the... | |
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In its case the sine of the angle of incidence is to the sine of the angle of refraction... 
