Elementary treatise on physics experimental and applied for the use of colleges and schools (1890)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, E. (Edmund) · New York : W. Wood · leaf 516
polished bodies, the lawsof which have just been stated, is called the rci^ular orspecular reflection ; but the quantity thus reflected is less^ ■* ■ than that of the incident light. The light incident on an opaque body separates, in fact, into three parts : one is reflected rec^ularly :another… … -520] Reflection of a Ray of Light in a Rotating Mirror. 499 The irregularly reflected light is called scattered light: it is that whichmakes bodies visible (502). The light which is reflected regularly does notgive us the image of the reflecting surface, but that of the body fromwhich the light…
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