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... NATURAL bodies may be divided into two classes in relation to Light . Some possess , in themselves , the power of exciting the sense of vision , and of producing the sensation of light ; while others are devoid of that property . Bodies ...
... NATURAL bodies may be divided into two classes in relation to Light . Some possess , in themselves , the power of exciting the sense of vision , and of producing the sensation of light ; while others are devoid of that property . Bodies ...
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... nature of the body seen ; and all objects should be visible , whether in the presence of a luminous body or not . This strange hypothe- sis held its ground for many centuries . The Arabian astro- nomer , Alhazen , who lived in the ...
... nature of the body seen ; and all objects should be visible , whether in the presence of a luminous body or not . This strange hypothe- sis held its ground for many centuries . The Arabian astro- nomer , Alhazen , who lived in the ...
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... nature and laws of vibratory motion has , in fact , shown this to be the case , as respects the luminiferous waves . It has been proved , that whatever be the intensity of the partial waves of the ether , which are propagated laterally ...
... nature and laws of vibratory motion has , in fact , shown this to be the case , as respects the luminiferous waves . It has been proved , that whatever be the intensity of the partial waves of the ether , which are propagated laterally ...
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... nature of a wave and its mode of propagation . Let us conceive , then , a cord stretched in a horizontal position , one end being attached to a fixed point , and the other held in the hand . If the latter extremity be agitated , by the ...
... nature of a wave and its mode of propagation . Let us conceive , then , a cord stretched in a horizontal position , one end being attached to a fixed point , and the other held in the hand . If the latter extremity be agitated , by the ...
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... nature . It is obvious , however , that vibrations may differ from one another in two particulars , —namely , in the space of vibration , and in the time . In the aerial pulses the amplitude of the vibration determines the loudness of ...
... nature . It is obvious , however , that vibrations may differ from one another in two particulars , —namely , in the space of vibration , and in the time . In the aerial pulses the amplitude of the vibration determines the loudness of ...
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