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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
PHOTOMETRY | 11 |
VELOCITY OF LIGHT | 25 |
REFLECTION OF LIGHT | 31 |
SPHERICAL MIRRORS | 49 |
REFRACTION OF LIGHT | 77 |
PRISMS | 117 |
LENSES | 131 |
THE EYE | 175 |
OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS | 185 |
THE SPECTRUM | 199 |
COLOUR | 211 |
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angle of incidence angle of refraction aperture appear to diverge candle power candle-cms centre of curvature centre of face coincide colour concave lens concave mirror converge convex lens convex mirror critical angle crystalline lens diagram distance of distinct Distance of image distinct vision draw the rays eclipse emergent ray eye-piece find by drawing find the focal find the position focal length formed by refraction glass to air illuminating power Illumination due image formed incident ray index of refraction lamp length of convex length of lens lenses magnified measured the distance medium minimum deviation obtained optical centre P₁ pencil photometer pins placed plane mirror plate principal axis principal focus prism r₁ ray passing real image reflected ray retina screen side similar triangles slit spectra standard candle surface telescope totally reflected transmitted u₁ virtual image wave-length ᎡᏚ