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Page 226
... light , here designs to establish , by experiment , what he calls the law of the interference of light . To opticians of the old school , this term will not explain itself : but it may be thus rendered intel- ligible - suppose , with ...
... light , here designs to establish , by experiment , what he calls the law of the interference of light . To opticians of the old school , this term will not explain itself : but it may be thus rendered intel- ligible - suppose , with ...
Page 227
... light , it follows of course , that light moves more slowly in a denser , than in a rarer medium : and this being granted , it must be allowed , that refraction is not the effect of an attractive force directed to a denser medium . The ...
... light , it follows of course , that light moves more slowly in a denser , than in a rarer medium : and this being granted , it must be allowed , that refraction is not the effect of an attractive force directed to a denser medium . The ...
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... light breaking upon the opposite rocks , and the sea in front , is truly wonderful . This view is taken from the inside of the cavern near the entrance , and shews the rocks leading towards Gamrie Head , with a part of the Murray Firth ...
... light breaking upon the opposite rocks , and the sea in front , is truly wonderful . This view is taken from the inside of the cavern near the entrance , and shews the rocks leading towards Gamrie Head , with a part of the Murray Firth ...
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