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John Tyndall
Six Lectures on Light
Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664586360
Table of Contents
PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.
§ 2. Subject of the Course. Source of Light employed.
§ 3. Rectilineal Propagation of Light. Elementary Experiments. Law of Reflection.
§ 4. The Refraction of Light. Total Reflection.
§ 5. Velocity of Light. Aberration. Principle of least Action.
§ 6. Descartes' Explanation of the Rainbow .
§ 7. Analysis and Synthesis of Light. Doctrine of Colours .
§ 8. Colours of Pigments as distinguished from Colours of Light .
§ 1. Origin and Scope of Physical Theories .
§ 2. The Emission Theory of Light .
§ 3. The Undulatory Theory of Light .
§ 4. Wave-Motion, Interference of Waves, 'Whirlpool Rapids' of Niagara .
§ 5. Analogies of Sound and Light.
§ 7. Colours of thin Films. Observations of Boyle and Hooke .
§ 8. Newton's Rings. Relation of Colour to Thickness of Film .
§ 9. Theory of 'Fits' applied to Newton's Rings .
§ 10. The Diffraction of Light .
§ 11. Application of the Wave-theory to the Phenomena of Diffraction .
§ 1. Derivation of Theoretic Conceptions from Experience.
§ 2. Theory of Crystallization.
§ 3. Ordinary Refraction of Light explained by the Wave Theory .
§ 4. Double Refraction of Light explained by the Wave Theory .
§ 4. Double Refraction of Light explained by the Wave Theory .
§ 5. Polarization of Light explained by the Wave Theory .
§ 1. Action of Crystals on Polarized Light: the Nicol Prism.
§ 2. Colours of Films of Selenite in Polarized Light .
§ 3. Colours of Crystals in Polarized Light explained by the Undulatory Theory .
§ 4. Colours produced by Strain and Pressure.
§ 5. Colours of Unannealed Glass .
§ 8. The Magnetization of Light.
§ 9. Iris-rings surrounding the Axes of Crystals.
§ 10. Power of the Wave Theory .
§ 13. Polarization of Skylight .