The Life of Sir Isaac NewtonHarper & Bros., 1843 - 314 páginas |
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... Principles of the Achromatic Telescope explained - It is reinvented by Dollond , and improved by future Artists - Dr . Blair's Aplanatic Telescope - Mistakes in Newton's Analysis of the Spectrum - Modern Discoveries respecting the ...
... Principles of the Achromatic Telescope explained - It is reinvented by Dollond , and improved by future Artists - Dr . Blair's Aplanatic Telescope - Mistakes in Newton's Analysis of the Spectrum - Modern Discoveries respecting the ...
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... and indistinctness of vision . As soon as Sir Isaac perceived this result of his discovery , he aban- doned his attempts to improve the refracting tele- scope , and took into consideration the principle of re- 36 SIR ISAAC NEWTON .
... and indistinctness of vision . As soon as Sir Isaac perceived this result of his discovery , he aban- doned his attempts to improve the refracting tele- scope , and took into consideration the principle of re- 36 SIR ISAAC NEWTON .
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... principle , optical instruments might be brought to any degree of perfection imaginable , provided a reflecting substance could be found which could polish as finely as glass , and reflect as much light as glass transmits , and provided ...
... principle , optical instruments might be brought to any degree of perfection imaginable , provided a reflecting substance could be found which could polish as finely as glass , and reflect as much light as glass transmits , and provided ...
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... principle four feet long , and with a magnifying power of 150. The glass was wrought by a London artist , and though it seemed well finished , yet , when it was quicksilvered on its convex side , it exhibited all over the glass ...
... principle four feet long , and with a magnifying power of 150. The glass was wrought by a London artist , and though it seemed well finished , yet , when it was quicksilvered on its convex side , it exhibited all over the glass ...
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... principle of interference , which has performed such an important part in modern science . Regard- ing himself , therefore , as in possession of the true theory of light , he examined the discoveries of Newton in their relation to his ...
... principle of interference , which has performed such an important part in modern science . Regard- ing himself , therefore , as in possession of the true theory of light , he examined the discoveries of Newton in their relation to his ...
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