Light Intensity at Different Distances

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“A card placed at point A receives normal light. At point B the card receives four times as much light, but only at 1/4 intensity. At point C nine times the area covered, but only 1/9 the intensity.” —Quackenbos 1859

Source

G. P. Quackenbos A.M. A Natural Philosophy: Embracing the Most Recent Discoveries in the Various Branches of Physics, and Exhibiting the Application of Scientific Principles in Every-day Life (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1859) 234

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