File:EB1911 Vision - Refraction of Light.jpg
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English: Let ab, in fig. 1, be a plane surface of some transparent substance, say a sheet of glass; a ray, cd, perpendicular to the surface, will pass through without refraction; but an oblique ray, ef, will be sent in the direction eh. If the ray eh had passed from a dense into a rarer medium, then the direction would have been eg. |
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| Date | published 1911 | |||
| Source | “Vision,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 28, 1911, p. 131, fig. 1. | |||
| Author | Unknown artist | |||
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| current | 20:45, 24 August 2021 | | 545 × 387 (57 KB) | Bob Burkhardt | {{Information |description = {{en|1=Let ''ab'', in fig. 1, be a plane surface of some transparent substance, say a sheet of glass; a ray, ''cd'', perpendicular to the surface, will pass through without refraction; but an oblique ray, ''ef'', will be sent in the direction ''eh''. If the ray ''eh'' had passed from a dense into a rarer medium, then the direction would have been ''eg''.}} |date = {{Date context|published|1911}} |source = “Vision,” ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (11th ed.... |
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