...k . BC, where BC is the projection of AB. BE , CB . . . sin r = -nY = k . -gr- —k . sm i, HI HA. or the sines of the angles of incidence and refraction are in a constant ratio. 13. He also propounded a theory of light. On this theory, light consists in pressure transmitted instantaneously...

...constant, the conclusion follows that / N sin 1 m (c) - — = — = k, a constant, s1n rn In other words, the sines of the angles of incidence and refraction are in a constant ratio, which is the geometrical statement of the law of refraction. (In the form (c) the refraction index...

...cloth, = k . BG, where BC is the projection of AB. BE , CB . . . sin r = -j = k . -f, =K • sm i, or the sines of the angles of incidence and refraction are in a constant ratio*. 13. He also propounded a theory of light. On this theory, light consists in pressure transmitted instantaneously...

...of light as they pass from air into some liquid or solid transparent substance, and discovered that the sines of the angles of incidence and refraction are in a constant ratio. So far as experimental physics is concerned, it is no doubt true that the performance of a series of...

...the honour to write, and in which you seek to establish that according to the wave theory of light, the sines of the angles of incidence and refraction are in a constant ratio when light passes from one medium to another. Ingenious as this reasoning is, I can only regard it...