Introduction to physical optics /
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| Author / Creator: | Robertson, John Kellock, 1885- |
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| Imprint: | New York : D. Van Nostrand, 1929. |
| Description: | vi p., 1 l., 422 p. : ill., vi pl. (incl. front.) diagrs. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | University physics series University physics series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9279699 |
Table of Contents:
- Why we study wave motion
- Study of wave motion
- Reflection and refraction on Huygens' principle
- Further study of lenses
- Vision through an instrument. The telescope
- Dispersion
- Some facts concerning the spectrum
- Interference
- Interference (continued). Thin films and plane parallel surfaces
- Diffraction
- Fraunhofer diffraction
- Double refraction
- Plane polarized light
- Interference of polarized light
- Rotatory polarization
- The electromagnetic theory of light
- The origin of spectra. Preliminary discussion
- The quantum theory and origin of spectra
- Radiation potentials; absorption and band spectra
- The dilemma
- Can the existence of an ether be detected?
