Of optics, magnetism, electricity, & galvanismM. Carey, 1815 - Science |
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... directions . Charles . But how is it known that light is composed of small particles ? Tutor . There is no proof indeed that light is material , or composed of particles of mat- ter , and therefore I said it was generally , CONVERSATION ...
... directions . Charles . But how is it known that light is composed of small particles ? Tutor . There is no proof indeed that light is material , or composed of particles of mat- ter , and therefore I said it was generally , CONVERSATION ...
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... directions . Charles . But how is it known that light is composed of small particles ? Tutor . There is no proof indeed that light is material , or composed of particles of mat- ter , and therefore I said it was generally , not ...
... directions . Charles . But how is it known that light is composed of small particles ? Tutor . There is no proof indeed that light is material , or composed of particles of mat- ter , and therefore I said it was generally , not ...
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Jeremiah Joyce. James . And you say the particles of light move in all directions . Tutor . Here is a sheet of thick brown paper , I make only a small pin - hole in it , and then through that hole , I can see all the objects , such as ...
Jeremiah Joyce. James . And you say the particles of light move in all directions . Tutor . Here is a sheet of thick brown paper , I make only a small pin - hole in it , and then through that hole , I can see all the objects , such as ...
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... direction in which they were mo- ving before they entered it . They are bent out of their former course , and this is called refraction . James . Can you explain this term more clearly ? Tutor . Suppose A B ( Plate 1. Fig . 2. ) to be a ...
... direction in which they were mo- ving before they entered it . They are bent out of their former course , and this is called refraction . James . Can you explain this term more clearly ? Tutor . Suppose A B ( Plate 1. Fig . 2. ) to be a ...
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... direction as it did before it entered it , namely , in the direction p b . James . Refraction then takes place only when the rays fall obliquely or slantwise on the medium ? Tutor . Just so : rays of light may pass out of a rarer into a ...
... direction as it did before it entered it , namely , in the direction p b . James . Refraction then takes place only when the rays fall obliquely or slantwise on the medium ? Tutor . Just so : rays of light may pass out of a rarer into a ...
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Page 54 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 121 - Meantime, refracted from yon eastern cloud, Bestriding earth, the grand ethereal bow Shoots up immense; and every hue unfolds, In fair proportion, running from the red To where the violet fades into the sky.
Page 77 - Since c 6 is perpendicular to the glass at *), the angle of incidence is abc ; and as the angle of reflection is always equal to the angle of incidence...
Page 11 - How distant some of these nocturnal suns ! So distant (says the sage) 'twere not absurd To doubt if beams, set out at Nature's birth, Are yet arrived at this so foreign world, Though nothing half so rapid as their flight.
Page 33 - A lens is glass ground into such a form, as to collect or disperse the rays of light which pass through it. These are of different shapes, and from thence receive different names.
Page 287 - As he was sitting with a friend in the open air, an hour after sun-set, they saw a falling, or as it is sometimes called, a shooting star, directing its course towards them, growing apparently larger and larger, till it disappeared not far from them, and, disappearing, it left their faces, hands, and clothes, with the earth, and neighbouring objects, suddenly illuminated with a diffused and lambent light, attended with no noise at all.
Page 129 - Yes ; the three glasses next the eye having their focal distances equal, the magnifying power is found by dividing the focal distance of the object-glass by the focal distance of one of the eye-glasses.
Page 58 - First the flaming red Sprung vivid forth; the tawny orange next; And next delicious yellow; by whose side Fell the kind beams of all-refreshing green. Then the pure blue, that swells autumnal skies, Ethereal...
Page 291 - Even in the depth of polar night, they find A wondrous day; enough to light the chase, Or guide their daring steps to Finland fairs.
Page 121 - Shoots up immense ; and every hue unfolds, In fair proportion running from the red, To where the violet fades into the sky. Here, awful Newton, the dissolving clouds Form, fronting on the sun, thy showery...