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... alternate states , or fits , which recur periodically and at equal intervals . While in one of these states , called the fit of easy reflexion , they are disposed to obey the repulsive or reflective forces of any body which they meet ...
... alternate states , or fits , which recur periodically and at equal intervals . While in one of these states , called the fit of easy reflexion , they are disposed to obey the repulsive or reflective forces of any body which they meet ...
Page 60
... alternate augmentation and intermission of sound ob- served by Young , when a tuning - fork is turned round its axis at a short distance from the ear , are easily referred to the same principles . ( 78 ) That two lights , then , should ...
... alternate augmentation and intermission of sound ob- served by Young , when a tuning - fork is turned round its axis at a short distance from the ear , are easily referred to the same principles . ( 78 ) That two lights , then , should ...
Page 61
... alternate bright and dark bands , formed at those points where the waves proceeding from the two origins conspire , or are opposed . That these alternations of light and darkness are caused by the mutual action of the two beams , is ...
... alternate bright and dark bands , formed at those points where the waves proceeding from the two origins conspire , or are opposed . That these alternations of light and darkness are caused by the mutual action of the two beams , is ...
Page 66
... alternate bright and dark bands , in the manner already explained . In order to satisfy ourselves that these bands are in fact produced by the mutual action of the two beams , we have only to intercept one of them , by covering one of ...
... alternate bright and dark bands , in the manner already explained . In order to satisfy ourselves that these bands are in fact produced by the mutual action of the two beams , we have only to intercept one of them , by covering one of ...
Page 68
... alternate bright and dark bands is formed parallel to the edge of the prism . ( 86 ) It will be evident , from what has been said , that the central fringe produced by the interference of two pencils is the locus of those points at ...
... alternate bright and dark bands is formed parallel to the edge of the prism . ( 86 ) It will be evident , from what has been said , that the central fringe produced by the interference of two pencils is the locus of those points at ...
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