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Page 209 - The disciples of Plato contributed not a little to the advancement of optics, by the important discovery they made, that light emits itself in straight lines, and that the angle of incidence is always equal to the angle of reflection. Plato terms colours " the effect of light transmitted from bodies, the small particles of which were adapted to the organ of sight" This seems precisely what sir Isaac Newton teaches in his " Optics,
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Page 75 - Law of gravitation: Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle...
Page 256 - The strength of the current varies directly as the electromotive force and inversely as the resistance of the circuit, or — /= E/R, or R - Ell, or E = IR.
Page 94 - The specific gravity, or specific weight of a body, is its weight as compared with the weight of an equal bulk of some other substance^ assumed as the standard of comparison.
Page 204 - Compound Microscope. — The compound microscope consists of two or more convex lenses mounted in a tube, which is blackened inside.
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| Title | Physics by Experiment: An Elementary Text-book for the Use of Schools |
| Author | Edward Richard Shaw |
| Publisher | Maynard & Company, 1894 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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