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D CONTENTS.

PART II.

PHYSICAL OPTICS.

CHAP. VII.

On the Colors of Light, and its Decomposition 63

Decomposition of Light by Absorption 67

CHAP. VIII. On the Dispersion of Light 70

CHAP. IX.

On the Principle of Achromatic Telescopes 74

CHAP. X.

On the Physical Properties of the Spectrum 78

On the Existence of Fixed Lines in the Spectrum ib.

On the Illuminating Power of the Spectrum 80

On the Heating Power of the Spectrum 81

On the Chemical Influence of the Spectrum 82

On the Magnetizing Power of the Solar Rays 83

CHAP. XI. On the Inflexion or Diffraction of Light 86

CHAP. XII.

On the Colors of Thin Plates 90

Table of the Colors of Thin Plates of Air, Water, and Glass 93

CHAP. XIII. On the Colors of Thick Plates 97

CHAP. XIV. On the Colors of Fibres and grooved Surfaces 101

CHAP. XV. On Fits of Reflexion and Transmission, and on the Interference of

Light Ill

CHAP. XVI. On the Absorption of Light 120

CHAP. XVII.

On the Double Refraction of Light 125

On Crystals with one Axis of Double Refraction 128

On the Law of Double Refraction in Crystals with one Nega- tive Axis 130