Elementary Treatise on the Wave-theory of LightLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857 - 208 страници |
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... follows , that the direct light of the fixed stars , and the reflected light of the satellites , travel with the same velocity . ( 11 ) The velocity of light , emanating from a terrestrial source , has been recently measured by M ...
... follows , that the direct light of the fixed stars , and the reflected light of the satellites , travel with the same velocity . ( 11 ) The velocity of light , emanating from a terrestrial source , has been recently measured by M ...
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... follow the path of a projectile in the air ; or about which we reason , when we determine the course of a planet in its orbit . Mo- tions of the latter kind , too , are everywhere taking place around us . When the surface of stagnant ...
... follow the path of a projectile in the air ; or about which we reason , when we determine the course of a planet in its orbit . Mo- tions of the latter kind , too , are everywhere taking place around us . When the surface of stagnant ...
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... follows from these principles , that the velocity with which vibratory movement is propagated in an elastic medium de- pends in no degree on the exciting cause , but varies solely with the elasticity of the medium and its density . If ...
... follows from these principles , that the velocity with which vibratory movement is propagated in an elastic medium de- pends in no degree on the exciting cause , but varies solely with the elasticity of the medium and its density . If ...
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... follow that some of the particles reach their highest posi- tion , when others are in the lowest ; while other particles , intermediate to these , are neither in their highest nor their lowest position , but in some intermediate state ...
... follow that some of the particles reach their highest posi- tion , when others are in the lowest ; while other particles , intermediate to these , are neither in their highest nor their lowest position , but in some intermediate state ...
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... follows that the intensity of the light diverging from any lumi- nous origin must decrease inversely as the square of the dis- tance ; for , from the laws of wave propagation it appears that the space of vibration diminishes in the ...
... follows that the intensity of the light diverging from any lumi- nous origin must decrease inversely as the square of the dis- tance ; for , from the laws of wave propagation it appears that the space of vibration diminishes in the ...
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