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Page 260
... colour . We shall generally consider the undulation as a suc- cession of a great ( but not infinite ) number of waves . Another is , that the magnitude of the maximum vibration of a particle may depend on its situation : for instance ...
... colour . We shall generally consider the undulation as a suc- cession of a great ( but not infinite ) number of waves . Another is , that the magnitude of the maximum vibration of a particle may depend on its situation : for instance ...
Page 265
... colour of light * We must take some even power of c to represent the intensity , since the undulation where the vibration is expressed by - c sin { 27 ( vt - x ) + C } differs in no respect from that whose vibration is expressed by + c ...
... colour of light * We must take some even power of c to represent the intensity , since the undulation where the vibration is expressed by - c sin { 27 ( vt - x ) + C } differs in no respect from that whose vibration is expressed by + c ...
Page 280
... colours , that is , for waves whose lengths are different . It is evident then that waves whose lengths are different are transmitted with different velo- cities either in vacuum * , or in the refracting medium , or in both . The ...
... colours , that is , for waves whose lengths are different . It is evident then that waves whose lengths are different are transmitted with different velo- cities either in vacuum * , or in the refracting medium , or in both . The ...
Page 288
... colours in the same pencil ( such as exists in white sun - light , and in most kinds of artificial light ) ... colour is to be considered separately , and the sum of the effects of all the illuminations to be taken afterwards . 51. Now if ...
... colours in the same pencil ( such as exists in white sun - light , and in most kinds of artificial light ) ... colour is to be considered separately , and the sum of the effects of all the illuminations to be taken afterwards . 51. Now if ...
Page 289
... colours therefore are portion as in the original light . 4c " ( a + b ) 2 ; 1112 & c . not mixed in the same pro ... colour . In that line therefore there COLOURED FRINGES OF INTERFERENCE . 289.
... colours therefore are portion as in the original light . 4c " ( a + b ) 2 ; 1112 & c . not mixed in the same pro ... colour . In that line therefore there COLOURED FRINGES OF INTERFERENCE . 289.
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2π λ analyzing plate angle angular velocity attraction axis bright Cambridge cloth co-ordinates coefficient Consequently constant cos² Crown 8vo crystal curve depending different colours differential direction displacement distance disturbing force dR dR dt dt Earth elliptically polarized ellipticity equal equation expression extraordinary ray Fcap front function ƒ² glass h²)² Hence inclined integration intensity investigation length longitude mean anomaly Moon motion multiplied nearly node Nutation ordinary ray parallel particles perigee perihelion perpendicular plane of incidence plane of polarization plane of reflection point of Aries principal plane produced PROP proportion quantity radius vector refraction rhombohedron rings shew sin² spheroid Sun's suppose surface tangent tion tourmaline undulation vibration wave