Popular lectures on scientific subjects
1895
Popular lectures on scientific subjects
Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871
1895
About volcanos and earthquakes.--The sun.--On comets.--The weather and weather prophets.--Celestial measurings and weighings.--On light: pt. I. Reflexion, refraction, dispersion, colour, absorption. pt. II. Theories of light, interferences, diffraction. pt. III. Double refraction, polarization.--On sensorial vision.--The yard, the pendulum, and the metre.--On atoms. A dialogue.--On the origin of force.--On the absorption of light by coloured media, viewed in connexion with the undulatory theory.--On the estimation of skill in target-shooting
