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... velocity of light by placing a tube full of water between the mirrors in his apparatus ( Fig . 22 ) . He found that the velocity of light in water is in fact only three - fourths of its velocity in air . At long last , in 1850 , the ...
... velocity of light by placing a tube full of water between the mirrors in his apparatus ( Fig . 22 ) . He found that the velocity of light in water is in fact only three - fourths of its velocity in air . At long last , in 1850 , the ...
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... velocity , meaning the velocity of the propagation of a wave crest or trough of an unbounded wave train . The phase velocity may be greater in matter than the speed of light in empty space . But only by the intercalation or by - passing ...
... velocity , meaning the velocity of the propagation of a wave crest or trough of an unbounded wave train . The phase velocity may be greater in matter than the speed of light in empty space . But only by the intercalation or by - passing ...
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... velocity - in other words , whether they actually are a Doppler effect . Be that as it may , they are certainly remarkable . Owing to the east - westerly rotation of the sun about its own axis , any given spot on its surface has a velocity ...
... velocity - in other words , whether they actually are a Doppler effect . Be that as it may , they are certainly remarkable . Owing to the east - westerly rotation of the sun about its own axis , any given spot on its surface has a velocity ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 9 |
Light Waves a Useful Fiction | 20 |
The Speed of Light | 32 |
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