 | James Mitchell - 1823 - 666 pàgines
...supposing the sines proportional to the angles, the sine of the angle of deviation, is as the difference between the sine of the angle of incidence and the sine of the angle of refraction, that is us 3 — 2, or I, whence the sine of incidence is to the sine of the angle of deviation as... | |
 | William Mullinger Higgins - 1836 - 514 pàgines
...oil. But, on whatever medium a ray of light may fall, there is a constant relation between the sme of the angle of incidence and the sine of the angle...same medium at different angles of incidence, the smes of the angles of refraction will have a constant proportion to the sines of their respective angles... | |
 | Edward Turner - 1837 - 436 pàgines
...incident and refracted ray is always in a plane perpendicular to the surface common to the media. 2. The sine of the angle of incidence and the sine of the angle of refraction are in a constant report for the same media. The first law is similar to the first law of reflection... | |
 | William Mullinger Higgins - 1838 - 426 pàgines
...than others, but still there is a general law which holds good in all cases in relation to the same medium. Alcohol refracts light more than water, oil...same medium at different angles of incidence, the smes of the angles of refraction will have a constant proportion to the sines of their respective angles... | |
 | Edward Turner - 1840 - 696 pàgines
...incident- and refracted ray is always in a piano perpendicular to the surface common to the media. F 2. The sine of the angle of incidence and the sine of the angle of retraction are in a constant report for the same media. The first law is similar to the first law of... | |
 | John Johnston - 1843 - 586 pàgines
...incident and refracted ray is always in a plane perpendicular to the surface common to the media. 2. The sine of the angle of incidence and the sine of the angle of refraction are in a constant ratio for the same media. The first law is similar to the first law of reflection... | |
 | John Johnston - 1846 - 496 pàgines
...governed by the two following laws, discovered in 1618, by Snell, though usually ascribed to Descartes. 2. The sine of the angle of incidence and the sine of the angle of refraction are in a constant ratio for the same media. 1. The direction of the incident and refracted ray is always... | |
 | Reynell Coates - 1846 - 692 pàgines
...philosophers have discovered a common law or rule of refraction applicable to all media. It is this : 790. The sine of the angle of incidence and the sine of the angle of refraction have always a fixed relation or ratio, whatever the obliquity of the incident ray may be, so long as... | |
 | 1910 - 806 pàgines
...surface; contrarywise, away from the perpendicular. Q. What is the index of refraction? A. It is the ratio between the sine of the angle of incidence and the sine of the angle of refraction. Air is regarded as the standard medium, and the ratio between the sines of the angles made by a ray... | |
 | Mrs. Frances Emily Awdry - 1880 - 198 pàgines
...air or any other refracting medium. Thus, when a ray is passing from vacuum into water or vice versa, the sine of the angle of incidence and the sine of the angle of refraction are to each other in the proportion of nearly 3 to 4, or exactly as i is to i. 335. Hence, this number,... | |
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... the ratio between the sine of the angle of incidence and the sine of the angle of refraction is a constant, depending only upon the nature of the two media. 
