Geometric Optics
by J. B. Tatum
2006
Number of pages: 295
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Reflection and refraction at a plane surface, the rainbow, differential form of Snell's law, lens and mirror calculations, designing an achromatic doublet, introduction to optical instruments, the camera, the telescope, the microscope, etc.
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