Practical PhysicsGinn, 1922 - 472 pages |
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... LIGHT 357 Transmission of Light . The Nature of Light XIX . IMAGE FORMATION . 378 Images formed by Lenses . Images in Mirrors . Optical Instruments XX . COLOR PHENOMENA 402 Color and Wave Length . Spectra XXI . INVISIBLE RADIATIONS ...
... LIGHT 357 Transmission of Light . The Nature of Light XIX . IMAGE FORMATION . 378 Images formed by Lenses . Images in Mirrors . Optical Instruments XX . COLOR PHENOMENA 402 Color and Wave Length . Spectra XXI . INVISIBLE RADIATIONS ...
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... light to sink of itself , we may still obtain the weight of the equal volume of water by forcing it beneath the surface with a sinker . Thus , suppose w , represents the weight on the right pan of the balance when the body is in air and ...
... light to sink of itself , we may still obtain the weight of the equal volume of water by forcing it beneath the surface with a sinker . Thus , suppose w , represents the weight on the right pan of the balance when the body is in air and ...
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... light as air " ; yet careful measurement shows that it takes but 12 cubic feet of air to weigh a pound , so that a single large room contains more air than an ordinary man can lift . Thus , the air in a room 60 feet by 30 feet by 15 ...
... light as air " ; yet careful measurement shows that it takes but 12 cubic feet of air to weigh a pound , so that a single large room contains more air than an ordinary man can lift . Thus , the air in a room 60 feet by 30 feet by 15 ...
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... light . How far beyond this an extremely rarified atmos- phere may extend , no one knows . It has been estimated at all the way from 100 to 500 miles . These estimates are based on observations of the height at which meteors first ...
... light . How far beyond this an extremely rarified atmos- phere may extend , no one knows . It has been estimated at all the way from 100 to 500 miles . These estimates are based on observations of the height at which meteors first ...
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... light bodies like feathers fall slowly and heavy bodies like stones fall rapidly , and up to Galileo's time it was taught in the schools that bodies fall with " velocities proportional to their weights . " Not content with book ...
... light bodies like feathers fall slowly and heavy bodies like stones fall rapidly , and up to Galileo's time it was taught in the schools that bodies fall with " velocities proportional to their weights . " Not content with book ...
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Page 458 - And show me how they calculated the initiatory speed of our car?" "Yes, my worthy friend; taking into consideration all the elements of the problem, the distance from the center of the earth to the center of the moon...
Page 67 - Any two bodies in the universe attract each other with a force which is directly proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Page 393 - The magnifying power of an astronomical telescope is therefore the focal length of the objective divided by the focal length of the eyepiece. It...
Page 22 - Archimedes stated that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid.
Page 84 - Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is compelled to change that state by a force impressed upon it.
Page 367 - Index of refraction. The ratio of the speed of light in air to its speed in any other medium is called the index of refraction of that medium.
Page 260 - The resistance of any conductor is directly proportional to its length and inversely proportional to the area of its cross section or to the square of its diameter.
Page 60 - ... is, the resultant of two parallel forces acting in the same direction is equal to the sum of the two forces.
Page 62 - For in § 79 it was shown that if any one force is to have the same effect upon a body as two forces acting simultaneously, it must be represented by the diagonal of a parallelogram the sides of which represent the two forces. Hence, conversely, if two forces are to be equivalent in their...
Page 2 - Thus, there are 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, 5^- yards in a rod, 1760 yards in a mile, etc.