The Wonders of Optics

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Spectrum showing the absorptive power of Sodium vapour (Fig. 6).
Solar Spectrum (Fig. 5).
Action of a prism on a ray of light (Fig. 7). Eng. d by A. Robin N.Y.
THE
WONDERS OF OPTICS.
F. MARION.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH, AND EDITED BY
CHARLES W. QUIN, F.C.S.
ILLUSTRATED WITH SEVENTY ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD, AND A COLOURED FRONTISPIECE.
NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS,