 | Parker Cleaveland - Geology - 1822 - 886 pages
...more fully explained. 5. Refraction. 119. It is well known, that, when a ray of light passes obliquely from one medium to another of different density, it is refracted, or bent from its original direction. Still the image of any object, seen through a refracting medium, usually... | |
 | John Brocklesby - 1872 - 374 pages
...suffers refraction, and these radiant bodies are therefore seen by us as out of their true place. into another of different density, it is refracted or bent out of its original course, and when it reaches the eye the object is seen in the direction of the last refracted... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - Physics - 1878 - 332 pages
...to a rarer medium. 3.—REFRACTION OF LIGHT. 1. Definition.—When a ray of light passes obliquely from one medium to another of different density, it is refracted or bent out of its course. Ex.: A spoon in clear tea appears bent.—An oar dipping in still water seems to break at the point... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - Physics - 1878 - 322 pages
...denser to a rarer medium. 8. REFRACTION OF LIGHT. 1. Definition.—When a ray of light passes obliquely from one medium to another of different density, it is refracted or bent out of its course. Ex.: A spoon in clear tea appears bent.—An oar dipping in still water seems to break at the point... | |
 | George Dallas Lind - Education - 1882 - 544 pages
...reflected motion ie, the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. When light passes from one medium to another of different density it is refracted, or bent out of its regular course. 123. A lens is a transparent body, generally of glass, having one or two curved surfaces.... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - Physics - 1888 - 404 pages
...position of the image. III. REFRACTION OF LIGHT. 1. Definition.—When a ray of light passes obliquely from one medium to another of different density, it is refracted or bent out of its course.— Examples: A spoon in clear tea appears bent.—An oar dipping in still water seems broken at the point... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - Physics - 1889 - 368 pages
...obliquely from one medium to Flo 172. Apparent breaking of a Stick In Water. In Fig. 1 72 is shown a stick another of different density, it is refracted or bent out of its course. — A spoon in clear tea appears bent. — An oar dipping in still water seems to break at the point where... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - Physics - 1889 - 366 pages
...of the image REFEACTION OF LIGHT. When a ray of light passes obliquely from one medium to Pie. 172. another of different density, it is refracted or bent out of its course.—A spoon in clear tea appears bent. —An oar dipping in still water seems to break at the... | |
 | W. H. F. Henry - Questions and answers - 1899 - 440 pages
...a portion absorbed,—the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. When light passes from one medium to another of different density, it is refracted, or bent out of its regular course. 101. What is a lens, and what are the two principal kinds f A lens is a transparent... | |
 | John Iredelle Dillard Hinds - Chemistry, Inorganic - 1908 - 702 pages
...of light will be fully treated in photochemistry. Refraction of Light.—When a ray of light passes from one medium to another of different density, it is refracted or bent from its course. If the second medium is denser than the first, the ray is bent toward the perpendicular... | |
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passes at an angle from one medium to another of different density, it is refracted, or bent out of its course. A 
