Researches on Light in Its Chemical Relations: Embracing a Consideration of All the Photographic Processes |
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... sun's rays could not escape notice ; and the story of the mirrors of Archimides suffi- ciently proves that considerable attention had been paid to the laws of reflection . The task of developing the progress of the science of B 2.
... sun's rays could not escape notice ; and the story of the mirrors of Archimides suffi- ciently proves that considerable attention had been paid to the laws of reflection . The task of developing the progress of the science of B 2.
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... considerable attention ; and in 1788 we find the " vegetation of salts the subject of Chaptal's inquiry , and in the following year M. Dizé published a paper upon the crystallisation of salts by the action of Light . ( 14. ) Charles ...
... considerable attention ; and in 1788 we find the " vegetation of salts the subject of Chaptal's inquiry , and in the following year M. Dizé published a paper upon the crystallisation of salts by the action of Light . ( 14. ) Charles ...
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... considerable way beyond the prismatic spectrum into an invisible state , still exerting their increasing energy , with a decrease of refrangibility , up to the maximum of their power ; and have also traced them to that state where ...
... considerable way beyond the prismatic spectrum into an invisible state , still exerting their increasing energy , with a decrease of refrangibility , up to the maximum of their power ; and have also traced them to that state where ...
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... considerably below the extreme red end of the luminous spectrum , which increases rapidly in breadth until it equals the breadth of the luminous spectrum , and even some- what surpasses it ; and in length , till it forms a long ...
... considerably below the extreme red end of the luminous spectrum , which increases rapidly in breadth until it equals the breadth of the luminous spectrum , and even some- what surpasses it ; and in length , till it forms a long ...
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... considerable extent by experiments made at great elevations and under a vertical sun , and compared with others where the sun is more oblique , the situation . lower , and the atmospheric pressure of a temporarily high amount . Should ...
... considerable extent by experiments made at great elevations and under a vertical sun , and compared with others where the sun is more oblique , the situation . lower , and the atmospheric pressure of a temporarily high amount . Should ...
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