"...and is constructed with a zinc plate suspended between two carbon plates, so as to have two carbon…
"...and is constructed with a zinc plate suspended between two carbon plates, so as to have two carbon…
"If the ball approaches the floor under a larger or smaller angle, its rebound will observe the same…
"The ray a, c, is the ray of incidence, and that from c, to d, is the ray or reflection. The angles…
"Suppose the mirror, a b, to be placed on the side of a room, and a lamp to be set in antoher room,…
"This will be understood [here] where the ray of light A B, proceeding from the eye, falls perpendicularly…
"...as the arrow is moved backwards, the angle at c, must be diminished, because the rays flowing from…
"...let us suppose the object a, to be placed before the mirror, and nearer to it than the principal…
"Suppose the object a, appears to the naked eye of the length repreesnted in the drawing. Now, as the…
"The angle under which the rays of light, coming from the extremities of an object, cross each other…
"Direction of the needle when placed at a right angle to the uniting wire." -Comstock 1850
"Firmly fasten one end of a piece of spring-brass wire, about No. 27 and about 1 m. long so that the…
"The angle, ABD, included between the direction of the moving body before it strikes the reflecting…
"An inclined plane is a smooth, hard, inflexible surface, inclined so as to make an oblique angle with…
"By placing two plane mirrors facing each other, we may produce an indefinite series of images of an…
"A prism is a transparent body with two refraction surfaces that lie in intersecting planes. The angle…
"Cathetal prisms readily yield the phenomena of total reflection as shown, and are often used when light…
"The magnetic poles of the earth do notc oincide with its geographical poles and, condequently, in some…
"An inclined plane is a slope, or flat surface, making an angle with a horizontal line...the force acts…