A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined .. (1853)
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, F. J. Huntingdon [etc.] · leaf 222
instances, they havebeen so placed as to fire acannon in clear weather, byigniting the priming at 12oclock. The adjoining cut represents a large burn-ing-glass converging the rays of the sun to afocus, and setting combustible substances onfire. Such glasses have been made power-ful enough to melt… … REFLECTION OF LIGHT. 504. We have now shown how light may be turnedout of its course, and analyzed, dispersed, or convergedto a point by refraction. Let us now consider how itmay be converged to a focus by reflection. 505. When light falls upon a highly polished surface,especially of metals, it is…
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