Of optics, magnetism, electricity and galvanismH.C. Carey & I. Lea, M'Carty & Davis, Kimber & Sharpless, Lydia R. Bailey, Benjamin & Thomas Kite, Bennett & Walton, Marot & Walter, and Anthony Finley, 1825 |
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Page 58
... the passage of light to the shell and back again . The case is the same with feathers , which owe their colours to a thin layer of transparent matter on a white ground . 调 CONVERSATION X. Reflected Light , and Plain Mirrors . 58 OPTICS .
... the passage of light to the shell and back again . The case is the same with feathers , which owe their colours to a thin layer of transparent matter on a white ground . 调 CONVERSATION X. Reflected Light , and Plain Mirrors . 58 OPTICS .
Page 59
... mirrors , or , as they are sometimes called , specula . James . A looking - glass is a mirror , is it not ? Tutor . Mirrors are made of glass , silvered on one side ; they are also made of highly po- lished metal . There are three kinds ...
... mirrors , or , as they are sometimes called , specula . James . A looking - glass is a mirror , is it not ? Tutor . Mirrors are made of glass , silvered on one side ; they are also made of highly po- lished metal . There are three kinds ...
Page 61
... as if the object itself were actually behind the reflector . If you , standing on one side of the room , see the image of your brother , VOL . III . - F who is on the other side , in the looking OF PLAIN MIRRORS . 61.
... as if the object itself were actually behind the reflector . If you , standing on one side of the room , see the image of your brother , VOL . III . - F who is on the other side , in the looking OF PLAIN MIRRORS . 61.
Page 62
... mirrors . James . I do not see how they can act as burn- ing glasses . Tutor . A plain mirror reflects the light and heat coming from the sun , and will illuminate and heat any substance on which they are thrown , in the same manner as ...
... mirrors . James . I do not see how they can act as burn- ing glasses . Tutor . A plain mirror reflects the light and heat coming from the sun , and will illuminate and heat any substance on which they are thrown , in the same manner as ...
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... Mirrors - their Uses - how they act . James . To what uses are concave mirrors applied ? Tutor . They are chiefly used ... mirror , and a , b , c , d , e , f , three parallel rays of light falling upon it . c is the centre of concavity ...
... Mirrors - their Uses - how they act . James . To what uses are concave mirrors applied ? Tutor . They are chiefly used ... mirror , and a , b , c , d , e , f , three parallel rays of light falling upon it . c is the centre of concavity ...
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Page 155 - Leyden, of much eminence, said that " he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulders, and breast, so that he lost his breath ; and it was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow and the terror ; adding, that he would not take a second shock for the kingdom of France.
Page 28 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; HIS MANLY BEAUTY.
Page 28 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 30 - Filled overflowing all those lamps of Heaven, That beam for ever through the boundless sky ; But, should he hide his face, the astonished sun, And all the extinguished stars, would loosening reel Wide from their spheres, and Chaos come again.
Page 31 - First the flaming red Sprung vivid forth ; the tawny orange next ; And next delicious yellow ; by whose side Fell the kind beams of all-refreshing green. Then the pure blue, that swells autumnal skies, Ethereal...
Page 76 - Meantime, refracted from yon eastern cloud, Bestriding earth, the grand ethereal bow Shoots up immense; and every hue unfolds, In fair proportion, running from the red To where the violet fades into the sky.
Page 5 - This will lead us to the explanation of one of the principal definitions in optics, viz. that the angle of reflection is always equal to the angle of incidence.
Page 39 - ... the angle of reflection is always equal to the angle of incidence, the image for any point can be seen only in the reflected ray prolonged.
Page 75 - Yes ; the three glasses next the eye having their focal distances equal, the magnifying power is found by dividing the focal distance of the object-glass by the focal distance of one of the eye-glasses.
Page 75 - IK ; opposite to the hole r is a small mirror L, concave towards the great one ; it is fixed on a strong wire M, and may, by means of a long screw on the outside of the tube, be made to move backwards or forwards. AB is a remote object ; from which rays will flow to the great mirror D F.