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Light waves and their uses

Title
Light waves and their uses, by A. A. Michelson ...
Author
Michelson, Albert A. (Albert Abraham), 1852-1931.
Publication
Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1903.

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6 p. ., 166 p. illus. 3 col. pl., diagrs.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Chicago. University. The decennial publications. 2d series, v. 3
Subject
  • Interference (Light)
  • Optical instruments
  • Standards of length
  • Magnetooptics
  • Ether (Space)
Note
  • "This series of eight lectures ... was delivered in the spring of 1899 at the Lowell Institute."--Pref.
Contents
Wave motion and interference.--Comparison of the efficiency of the microscope, telescope, and interferometer.--Application of interference methods to measurements of distances and angles.--Application of interference methods to spectroscopy.--Light waves as standards of length.--Analysis of the action of magnetism on light waves by the interferometer and the echelon.--Application of interference methods to astronomy.--The ether.
LCCN
03016054
OCLC
  • ocm00944615
  • SCSB-342329
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library