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... glass or mica . The latter phenomenon has formed the subject of numerous experiments by Sir David Brewster , who has dis- covered a very remarkable polarity , or apparent polarity , in the bands . The theory of these bands has been ...
... glass or mica . The latter phenomenon has formed the subject of numerous experiments by Sir David Brewster , who has dis- covered a very remarkable polarity , or apparent polarity , in the bands . The theory of these bands has been ...
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... glass prism containing fluid , with its refracting edge horizontal , and the spectrum is viewed through a small telescope with its object - glass close to the prism . On inserting into the fluid a transparent plate with its lower edge ...
... glass prism containing fluid , with its refracting edge horizontal , and the spectrum is viewed through a small telescope with its object - glass close to the prism . On inserting into the fluid a transparent plate with its lower edge ...
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... glass vessel with parallel faces filled with fluid . The vessel would not alter the appearance of the spectrum . Now con- ceive a transparent plate bounded by parallel surfaces inserted into the fluid , the plane of the plate being ...
... glass vessel with parallel faces filled with fluid . The vessel would not alter the appearance of the spectrum . Now con- ceive a transparent plate bounded by parallel surfaces inserted into the fluid , the plane of the plate being ...
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... glass with an unbroken front . The front is here called unbroken , because the modification which the wave suffers at its edges is not contemplated . According to geometrical optics , the light after entering the object - glass is ...
... glass with an unbroken front . The front is here called unbroken , because the modification which the wave suffers at its edges is not contemplated . According to geometrical optics , the light after entering the object - glass is ...
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... glass will no longer be unbroken , but will present as it were a fault , in consequence of the retardation produced by the plate . Let R be this retardation measured by actual length in air , p the retardation measured by phase , M the ...
... glass will no longer be unbroken , but will present as it were a fault , in consequence of the retardation produced by the plate . Let R be this retardation measured by actual length in air , p the retardation measured by phase , M the ...
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