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... nearly perpendicularly by a mirror placed at a considerable distance ; let a toothed wheel , the breadth of whose teeth is equal to that of the interval between them , be interposed near the luminous source ; and let the mirror be so ...
... nearly perpendicularly by a mirror placed at a considerable distance ; let a toothed wheel , the breadth of whose teeth is equal to that of the interval between them , be interposed near the luminous source ; and let the mirror be so ...
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... nearly , for the velocity of light . ( 12 ) Let us now proceed to the physical explanation of the foregoing facts . We have seen that light travels from one point of space to another in time , and with a prodigious velocity . Now ...
... nearly , for the velocity of light . ( 12 ) Let us now proceed to the physical explanation of the foregoing facts . We have seen that light travels from one point of space to another in time , and with a prodigious velocity . Now ...
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... red of the spectrum , is 266 ten - millionths of an inch , and that corresponding to the extreme violet 167 ten - millionths . The length of the wave corresponding to the ray of mean refrangibility is nearly 200 PROPAGATION OF LIGHT . 15.
... red of the spectrum , is 266 ten - millionths of an inch , and that corresponding to the extreme violet 167 ten - millionths . The length of the wave corresponding to the ray of mean refrangibility is nearly 200 PROPAGATION OF LIGHT . 15.
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Humphrey Lloyd. corresponding to the ray of mean refrangibility is nearly 200 ten - millionths , or both of an inch . It appears , then , that the sensibility of the eye is confined within much narrower limits than that of the ear ; the ...
Humphrey Lloyd. corresponding to the ray of mean refrangibility is nearly 200 ten - millionths , or both of an inch . It appears , then , that the sensibility of the eye is confined within much narrower limits than that of the ear ; the ...
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... nearly perpendi cularly upon a thin prism , the total deviation is constant , and bears an invariable ratio to the angle of the prism . For in this case the angles of incidence and refraction , being small , are proportional to their ...
... nearly perpendi cularly upon a thin prism , the total deviation is constant , and bears an invariable ratio to the angle of the prism . For in this case the angles of incidence and refraction , being small , are proportional to their ...
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