Notes:
This item was received with the Mark Pendergrast research collection.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Includes information on various crystals, telescopes, and lenses. Prisms (p. 180, 240-241, 244, 690-691). Crystal optics (p. 675, 679 et seq.). Fresnel's bi-prism (p. 263, 265, 268). Eyepiece (p. 239, 242-243, 252). Glass dispersion curves (p. 176). Lloyd's mirror (p. 262-263, 265, 268, 278).
Contents:
Basic properties of the electromagnetic field --
Electromagnetic potentials and polarization --
Foundations of geometrical optics --
Geometrical theory of optical imaging --
Geometrical theory of aberrations --
Image-forming instruments --
Elements of the theory of interference and interferometers --
Elements of the theory of diffraction --
The diffraction theory of aberrations --
Interference and diffraction with partially coherent light --
Rigorous diffraction theory --
Diffraction of light by ultrasonic waves --
Optics of metals --
Optics of crystals.
