An Elementary Treatise on Optics


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A treatise on optics, for use by U.S. Military Academy cadets.




An Elementary Treatise on Optics


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An Elementary Treatise on Optics is an accessible guide to light and optics by Isaac Wilber Jackson, a professor of physics at Northwestern University. Jackson's clear and concise explanations of important concepts in optics make this a valuable resource for students and professionals interested in the physics of light and its applications. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.













An Elementary Treatise on Optics (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from An Elementary Treatise on Optics For a similar reason I have often omitted to notice parts of Figures which did not seem to me to require being mentioned, as my object was not to give de tailed descriptions from which Figures might be drawn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Thick-lens Optics


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