 | William Enfield - 1811 - 476 Seiten
...perpendicular to the surface of the denser, raised from the point in which the ray meets the medium ; in passing out of a denser into a rarer medium, it is refracted from the same perpendicular. Let a ray of light, AC, pass obliquely out of a rarer medium X, into a denser medium... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1813 - 448 Seiten
...towards a perpendicular line, raised from the surface of the denser medium, and so, when it passes out of a denser, into a rarer medium, it is refracted from the same perpendicular, Let the medium b, fig. 134, be glass, and the medium e, water. The ray a, as it... | |
 | William Henry - 1823 - 682 Seiten
...medium be •leaser than the old, the ray of light is bent or refracted nearer to the perpendicular; but in passing out of a denser into a rarer medium it is refracted from the perpendicular ; and were is a constant proportion between the sine of the angle of incidence and that of refraction.... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1830 - 308 Seiten
...perpendicular line, raised Fig. 123. from the surface of the denser medium, and so, when it passes out of a denser, into a rarer medium, it is refracted from the same perpendicular. Let the medium b, fig. 123, be glass, and the medium c, water. The ray a, as it... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1832 - 378 Seiten
...towards a perpendicular to the surface; mnd in passing out of a denser into a rarer medium refracted/row the perpendicular. But the chemical constitution of...have a very great refracting power in comparison with other bodies; and in a given instance, a ray of light in • passing out of one of these substances... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1835 - 308 Seiten
...that of glass, it is not d \ bent so near the perpendicular as before, dium, and so, when it passes out of a denser, into a rarer medium, it is refracted from the same perpendicular. The cause of refraction appears to be the power of attraction, which the denser... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1837 - 374 Seiten
...passing out of a rarer into a denser medium, is refracted towards a perpendicular to that medium ; and in passing out of a denser into a rarer medium it is refracted from the perpendicular. Thus if ab (Fig. 111.) be the surface of a vessel of water, a ray of light AB, passing out of air (a... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1844 - 610 Seiten
...It is a general fact, to which there are only a few exceptions, that a ray of light in passing out of a rarer into a denser medium is refracted toward...have a very great refracting power in comparison with other bodies ; and in a given instance, a ray of light in passing out of one of these substances into... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1846 - 454 Seiten
...passing out of a rarer into a denser medium, is refracted towards a perpendicular to that medium ; and in passing out of a denser into a rarer medium it is refracted from the perpendicular. Thus if ab (Fig. 118.) be the surface of a vessel of water, a ray of light AB, passing out of air (a... | |
 | John Lee COMSTOCK (and HOBLYN (Richard Dennis)), John Lee COMSTOCK - 1846 - 506 Seiten
...towards a perpendicular line, raised from the surface of the denser medium, and so, when it passes out of a denser, into a rarer medium, it is refracted from the same perpendicular. Let the medium B, Fi". 154, be glass, and the medium c, water. The ray A, as it... | |
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It is a general fact, to which there are only a few exceptions, that a ray of light in passing out of a rarer into a denser medium is refracted toward the perpendicular to the surface ; and in passing out of a denser into a rarer medium, it is refracted... 
