 | David Brewster - 1831 - 412 pages
...incidence HRM, H'RM, and bn,b'n' the sines of the angles of refraction 6RN, 6'RN. 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 he the position of the ray with respect to the surface EF of the water. This truth... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1839 - 554 pages
...is 1 he angle of refraction, whose sine is KL When the refracting medium is water, the sine of tbe angle of incidence is to the sine of the angle of refraction, as 4 to 3 : which is confirmed by the following experiment, taken from Doctor SMITH'S Optics. Describe... | |
 | David Brewster - 1841 - 432 pages
...H' 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...angle of refraction as 1-336 to 1, whatever be the position of the ray with respect to the surface EF of the water. This truth is called by optical writers... | |
 | 1841 - 956 pages
...given ratio to each other. This •mounts 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... | |
 | John Gummere - 1842 - 516 pages
...of refraction changes with a change in the angle of incidence. The law of this change is such that the sine of the angle of incidence is to the sine of the angle of refraction in a constant ratio. Thus if I be the angle of incidence, R the angle of refraction, and... | |
 | John Narrien - 1845 - 484 pages
...refraction. Let the angle ZOT be represented by z, and TAS by r; then, z'AS=z + r. Now, by Optics, the sine of the angle of incidence is to the sine of the angle of refraction in a constant x- ^ j- • • .0. ^ c sin- (z + r"> ratio, the medium remaining the same;... | |
 | J. Goodall, W. Hammond - 1848 - 390 pages
...air, into a dense medium, as water, the angle of incidence is greater than the angle of refraction. The sine of the angle of incidence is to the sine of the angle of refraction as 1.336 is to 1. For other bodies we should obtain different degrees of refraction; and the number, which... | |
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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. 
