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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
John F W Herschel, Sir |
| OCLC Number: | 4768828 |
| Description: | xii, 507 p. diagrs. 18 cm. |
| Contents: | About volcanos and earthquakes.--The sun.--On comets.--The wealther and weather prophets.--Celestial measurings and weighings.--On light: pt. I. Reflexion, refraction, dispersion, colour, absorption. pt. II. Theories of light, interferences, diffraction. pt. III. Double refraction, polarization.--On sensorial vision.--The yard, the pendulum, and the metre.--On atoms.--A dialogue.--On the origin of force.--On the absorption of light by coloured media, viewed in connexion with the undulatory theory.--On the estimation of skill in target shooting. |
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