Condensing Quadrant

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“Condensing Quadrant.—The fixed apparatus bbb, with spherical mirror behind, throws its rays directly through the angle of 90 degrees afa’, while the supplementary rays falling on the straight condensing prisms p, p, p’, p’ are sent out parallel to the corresponding rays in the unobstructed central quadrant of the main apparatus. The whole light will therefore be condensed equally over 90 degrees.” —The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910

Keywords

mirror, apparatus, ray, light, prism, Condensing, Condense, Quardrant

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Lenses and Refraction, Miscellaneous Optics

Source

The Encyclopedia Britannica, New Warner Edition (New York, NY: The Werner Company, 1893)

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