A text book of physics, for the use of students of science and engineering (1918)
Duncan, John, d. 1941, Starling, Sydney George, 1873- · London Macmillan · leaf 563
nd no object wouldfeppear to our eyes to have any definite shape. Vision in this respectIvould resemble hearing. The following simple experiment demon-strates the rectilinear propagation of light. 538 LIGHT CHAP. Expt. 111.—Rectilinear propagation of light. Place a candle, or othersource of light,… … FIG. 486.—Experiment illustrating rectilinear propagation of light. SE will be found to be a straight line. If any one of the screens be slightlymoved so that the holes are no longer in line, the source can no longerbe seen by the eye at E. In fact the best test that the holes are in astraight line…
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