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 297
What effect has a prism on light? ( 294.) Explain the course of a ray through aprism. 294 POPULAR PHYSICS. edge in which the refracting faces meet, that is, it is benttowards the thick part of the prism ; this deviation has theeffect to make the object appear as though thrown towardsthat edge. The… … Fi. 1S3. Fig. 183 shows the displacement of an object, caused by-viewing an object through a prism. If the prism is vertical,the displacement is towards the right or left, according tothe position of the refracting angle. Lenses. 295. A Lens is a refracting medium, bounded bycurved suifaces, or by…
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