Six lectures on light [electronic resource] : delivered in the United States in 1872-1873 (1882)
Tyndall, John, 1820-1893, Parsons, John Herbert, Sir, 1868-1957, donor, University College, London. Library Services, University College, London. Library Services · London : Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 93
series of Iris-coloured circles was obtained. A magnified image of Xewton's rings is now before you, and, by employing in succession red, blue, and white light, we obtain all the effects observed by Newton. You notice that in monochromatic light the rings run closer and closer together as they… … various colours to be superposed, so that after a certain thickness they are blended together to white light, the rings then ceasing altogether. It needs but a moment's reflection to understand that the colours of thin plates are never unmixed or monochromatic. Newton compared the tints obtained in…
Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691 · Young, Thomas, 1773-1829 · Arago, F. (François), 1786-1853 · Light · Wave theory of light · Optical illusions · Gravitation · Vision
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