A Treatise On Geometrical Optics 2nd Rev Enl Ed

Author : Robert Samuel Heath
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ISBN 13 : 9781330456101
Total Pages : 416 pages
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Download or read book A Treatise on Geometrical Optics (Classic Reprint) written by Robert Samuel Heath and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-28 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Treatise on Geometrical Optics In the following work an attempt has been made to give as complete an account of modern Optics, including the labours of Gauss, Listing, Maxwell, Helmholtz and Abbe, as could be compressed within the limits of a single volume; at the same time much that is of interest and importance, both theoretical and practical, has been necessarily omitted. The subjects have been treated as far as possible in a natural order, beginning with the simplest and advancing to the most general and complex. Thus the reflexion and refraction of single rays of light are considered before the corresponding properties of pencils, and the complete approximate theory of lenses is given before the theory of caustics and aberrations, and these before the general theory of thin pencils. The detailed consideration of heterogeneous media, which may be said to fall outside the province of optics, has been postponed to the last chapter. Gauss' theory of lenses has been worked out completely by elementary geometrical methods, so as to bring it within the reach of all students; while, at the risk of some repetition, his own elegant analysis has been given in a separate chapter. Before treating the refraction of thin optical pencils after the manner of Maxwell, a short account of the general properties of all thin pencils which are not systems of normals, has been introduced. 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."