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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.

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WONDERS OF OPTICS.

BY

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,

SUCCESSORS TO

SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG, & CO.

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