Carhart, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1844-1920 · Boston : Allyn and Bacon · leaf 259
Now as l> is the image of c, and c acts in allrespects as the true object for b, the light must havereached the point x as if coming from e. Therefore, theline xctis drawn. But this intersects the other mirror iny, indicating the point where the next preceding reflection took place. The same… … REFLECTION AND REFRACTION. 249 a line to the next preceding image of the same series ;from the intersection of this line with the correspondingmirror, draw a line to the next preceding image, and so on,till a line is drawn from the last intersection to the object.The portions of the lines so drawn,…
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