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... nearly every experiment alluded to in the following Tract . This character of cer- tainty I conceive to belong only to what may be called the geometrical part of the theory : the hypothesis , namely , that light consists of undulations ...
... nearly every experiment alluded to in the following Tract . This character of cer- tainty I conceive to belong only to what may be called the geometrical part of the theory : the hypothesis , namely , that light consists of undulations ...
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... nearly proportional to that small quantity . And in any other case where this holds , the equations will be linear ; and the wave - disturbance of any particle , produced by a number of agitating causes , will be the sum of all the wave ...
... nearly proportional to that small quantity . And in any other case where this holds , the equations will be linear ; and the wave - disturbance of any particle , produced by a number of agitating causes , will be the sum of all the wave ...
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... be so nearly equal that our expressions would have no sensible . error . 19. Another case is , the interference of undulations whose waves are of different length . We know with respect INTERFERENCE OF UNDULATIONS . 15.
... be so nearly equal that our expressions would have no sensible . error . 19. Another case is , the interference of undulations whose waves are of different length . We know with respect INTERFERENCE OF UNDULATIONS . 15.
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... nearly hemispherical wave , which diverges only before the front of the great wave and not behind it . APPLICATION OF THIS THEORY TO THE EXPLANATION OF THE PHENOMENA OF LIGHT WHICH DO NOT DEPEND ON POLARIZATION . 23. We shall suppose ...
... nearly hemispherical wave , which diverges only before the front of the great wave and not behind it . APPLICATION OF THIS THEORY TO THE EXPLANATION OF THE PHENOMENA OF LIGHT WHICH DO NOT DEPEND ON POLARIZATION . 23. We shall suppose ...
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... nearly as 1 ZG * When a wave of air diverges symmetrically through any given solid angle , if r be the original ... nearly and the particles which formerly occupied a volume proportional to r2h now occupy a volume proportional to or ...
... nearly as 1 ZG * When a wave of air diverges symmetrically through any given solid angle , if r be the original ... nearly and the particles which formerly occupied a volume proportional to r2h now occupy a volume proportional to or ...
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