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Title: The Wonders of Optics

Author: Fulgence Marion

Translator: Charles W. Quin

Release date: April 19, 2021 [eBook #65114]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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THE WONDERS OF OPTICS.

Spectrum showing the absorptive power of Sodium vapour (Fig. 6).

Solar Spectrum (Fig. 5).

Action of a prism on a ray of light (Fig. 7).
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THE
WONDERS OF OPTICS.
BY
F. MARION.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH, AND EDITED BY
CHARLES W. QUIN, F.C.S.
ILLUSTRATED WITH SEVENTY ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD, AND A COLOURED FRONTISPIECE.
NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS,
SUCCESSORS TO
SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG, & CO.