Elementary treatise on physics, experimental and applied : for the use of colleges and schools (1906)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, Edmund, 1831-1901, Reinold, A. W. (Arnold William), 1843-1921 · New York : Wood · leaf 574
in the ordinary manner ofa mirror. In total reflection there is no loss oflight from absorption or transmission,and accordingly it produces the greatestbrilliancy. If an empty test-tube beplaced in a slanting position in water, its surface, when looked at fromabove, shines as brilliantly as pure… … Fig. 520 i.e. the critical angle, sin r^
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