Introductory course of natural philosophy for the use of schools and academies. Ed. from Ganot's popular physics. By William G. Peck (1869)
Ganot, Adolphe, 1804-1887, Peck, William Guy, 1820-1892 · New York A.S. Barnes · leaf 205
is divided into two jjarts, one being absorbedand the other reflected. The relative proportions betweenthese two parts varies wTith the nature of the substance andthe character of the reflecting surface. Those bodies which reflect a large portion of the incidentheat, are called good reflectors;… … Fi«. 140. (199.) Into how many parts is an incident ray divided? What is a good reflec-tor? A bad reflector? A good absorber? A bad absorber? ABSORPTION OF HEAT. 203 reflecting powers of different bodies, adopted by Leslie.He placed a cubical tin box filled with water at the boilingpoint, in front…
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