Elements of natural philosophy (Volume 2-3) (1850)
Bartlett, W. H. C. (William Holms Chambers), 1804-1893 · New York : Barnes · leaf 189
fraction which canexist when light passes from air into crown glass, is 41°5 30; and from air into water, 48° 15. If the ray pass from a medium to another less dense, 180 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY Light passing m will be less than unity,from denser to an(j eqUal to the reciprocal rarer medium; _ of its… … Consequence; sm <p = m 77 5 (») Examples; this value for the sine of the angle of incidence, whichcorresponds to the greatest angle of refraction when lightAnalogy; jjasses from any medium to one less dense, is the same as that found before for the greatest angle of refraction,when the incidence…
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