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The theory of light [electronic resource] (1901)

Preston, Thomas, Joly, Charles Jasper, 1864-1906, Parsons, John Herbert, Sir, 1868-1957, donor, University College, London. Library Services · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 278

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GRAPHIC METHOD 254 CHAP. IX Spherical the sphere. Thus if APB (Fig. 125) represents the front of a spherical ^^^®* wave diverging from C, and if it is required to calculate the effect at … Fig. 125. liQQ(j of its pole, and may be represented by a spiral curve after the manner of Fig. 120. It follows therefore that, as in the case of a plane wave, the spherical wave may be replaced in effect by an equatorial band lying along the great circle PMN, which cuts the meridian planes…

Light · Huygens' principle · Refraction · Reflections · Diffraction · Light absorption · Dispersion · Color · Prisms · Light polarisation · Achromatism · Rainbows · Electromagnetic waves

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