LXXVI. Facts relating to optical science. No. IV
LXXVI. Facts relating to optical science. No. IV
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10.1080/14786443608649032
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1834-04
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H. Talbot
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H. Talbot
A LTHOUGH so much has been explained in optical science by the aid of the undulatory hypothesis, yet when any well-marked phcenomena occur which present unexpected peculiarities, it may be of'importance to describe them, tbr the sake of comparison with the theory. Such appears to me to be the case with those which I am about to mention, in which, by means of a remarkable compensation of some kind or other, common solar light appears to play tile part of homogeneous light, and to achromatize itselat; if" I may use such an expression, in a very high degree of perfection.Sir William Herschel was, I believe, tile first who took notice of the very beautiful coloured bands which are seen by looking through two prisms placed in contact. Thus, let ABC, ADC be two equal right-angled glass prisms in contact. We will suppose the sides AB, BC to be equal, and the thickness of the prisms to be equal to AB, in which case the combination of the two will form a cube. Let the two prisms be gently pressed together by their fhce AC, which must be previously well c] eaned fi'om any adhering dust, and