The London, Edinburgh and Dublin philosophical magazine and journal of science . depending on them, and opticalinstruments. The subjects comprised under Part II. are thevelocity of light, interference, Huygenss principle, diffraction,polarization, the mechanical and electromagnetic theories of light,propagation of light in transparent isotropic media, optical pro-perties of transparent crystals, absorbing media, dispersion, opticallyand magnetically active substances, effects produced by bodies inmotion. Part III. is devoted to the consideration of the energyof radiation, the application of th
The London, Edinburgh and Dublin philosophical magazine and journal of science . depending on them, and opticalinstruments. The subjects comprised under Part II. are thevelocity of light, interference, Huygenss principle, diffraction,polarization, the mechanical and electromagnetic theories of light,propagation of light in transparent isotropic media, optical pro-perties of transparent crystals, absorbing media, dispersion, opticallyand magnetically active substances, effects produced by bodies inmotion. Part III. is devoted to the consideration of the energyof radiation, the application of the second law of thermodynamicsto radiation, and the theory of incandescent vapours and gases. The translation is well done, with only here and there a sug-gestion of foreign idiom ; the English reader would, no doubt,prefer to see some of the Americanisms in the spelling removed ;but that is a small matter in view of: the great service rendered bythe translators to the English-speaking student. The publishersdeserve great credit for the high-class get-up of the book. Fig. ra^—*—^AWWWWVWV |h
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