Studies in optics

A. A. Michelson0486687007, 9780486687001

Nobel Prize-winning physicist describes ground-breaking researches in light and optics, including famed experiment that confirmed the speed of light as a fundamental physical constant. Also, work with interferometer, measurement of light waves, astronomical applications, much more. Accessible to layman. 92 figures. 3 color illustrations. 1962 edition.

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Table of contents :
Front cover……Page 1
Title-page……Page 3
Date-line……Page 4
Note……Page 5
Foreword……Page 7
Preface……Page 23
CONTENTS……Page 25
I. THEORY AND APPLICATIONS OF INTERFERENCE OF LIGHT-WAVES……Page 27
II. INTERFERENCE OF LIGHT-WAVES……Page 36
III. THE INTERFEROMETER……Page 47
IV. LIGHT-WAVE ANALYSIS……Page 61
V. MEASUREMENT OF STANDARD METER IN LIGHT-WAVES……Page 73
VI. DIFFRACTION……Page 82
VII. TESTING OF OPTICAL SURFACES……Page 103
VIII. DIFFRACTION GRATINGS……Page 116
IX. THE RULING OF DIFFRACTION GRATINGS……Page 129
X. THE ECHELON GRATING……Page 134
XI. APPLICATION OF INTERFERENCE TO ASTRONOMICAL INVESTIGATION……Page 142
XII. VELOCITY OF LIGHT……Page 151
XIII. EFFECTS OF MOTION OF THE MEDIUM ON VELOCITY OF LIGHT……Page 170
XIV. RELATIVITY……Page 187
XV. METALLIC COLORS IN BIRDS AND INSECTS……Page 198
INDEX……Page 207
A catalog of selected Dover books in science and mathematics……Page 209
Back cover……Page 217