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... ratio of their lengths . ( 165 ) Elliptic polarization by total reflexion . ( 166 ) Circular polarization ; Fresnel's rhomb . ( 167 , 168 ) Laws of metal- lic reflexion — discoveries of Malus and Brewster . ( 169 ) Reflected light ...
... ratio of their lengths . ( 165 ) Elliptic polarization by total reflexion . ( 166 ) Circular polarization ; Fresnel's rhomb . ( 167 , 168 ) Laws of metal- lic reflexion — discoveries of Malus and Brewster . ( 169 ) Reflected light ...
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... ratio of unity to the sine of the angle of inclination . The intensity of the illumination is , therefore , diminished in the same proportion , and is expressed by the formula ai sin 0 d2 O being the inclination of the surface to the ...
... ratio of unity to the sine of the angle of inclination . The intensity of the illumination is , therefore , diminished in the same proportion , and is expressed by the formula ai sin 0 d2 O being the inclination of the surface to the ...
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... ratio of the distance . Thus the known law of the variation of the in- tensity of light is deduced from the principles of undulatory propagation . ( 18 ) The colour of the light ( it has been said ) depends on the number of impulses ...
... ratio of the distance . Thus the known law of the variation of the in- tensity of light is deduced from the principles of undulatory propagation . ( 18 ) The colour of the light ( it has been said ) depends on the number of impulses ...
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... ratio of the times of the extreme vibrations which affect the eye being only that of 1.58 to 1 , which is less than the ratio of the times of vibration of a fundamental note and its octave . There is no reason for supposing , however ...
... ratio of the times of the extreme vibrations which affect the eye being only that of 1.58 to 1 , which is less than the ratio of the times of vibration of a fundamental note and its octave . There is no reason for supposing , however ...
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... ratio . In order to verify this law experimentally , it is only neces- ary to measure several angles of incidence at the surface of he same medium , and the corresponding angles of refraction . This was done by Ptolemy in the second ...
... ratio . In order to verify this law experimentally , it is only neces- ary to measure several angles of incidence at the surface of he same medium , and the corresponding angles of refraction . This was done by Ptolemy in the second ...
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