Lynde, Carleton John, b. 1872, Gilbert, Alfred C. (Alfred Carlton), 1884-1961 · New Haven, Conn. : A.C. Gilbert Co. · leaf 109
waves are so curved out that they divergeafter passing through the lens. The waves are shown in 1,Fig. 163, and the rays in 2. This explains why these lensesdiverge the light. If the light comes from an object near a converging lensthe waves are curved when they reach it, and one of three thingsmay… … Fig. 163, Parallel waves and rays are diverged GILBERT LIGHT EXPERIMENTS 107 at a distance greaterthan the focal length. If the light is atthe focus (2, Fig. 164),the curvature of thewaves is so alteredthat they are parallelafter they passthrough the lens. If the light isnearer to the lens thanthe…
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