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PROF. R. W. WOOD'S “Physical Optics” was issued in 1905 and revised in 1911, when it was expanded by 150 pages, with nearly a hundred new illustrations. The new edition shows a similar expansion of 132 pages, but includes nearly 500 pages of new material, nine new plates, and more than 150 new illustrations. The photographs thus reproduced were, however, designed for use rather than for ornament, and are disappointing in comparison with the beautiful pictures which are often used to illustrate spectroscopic phenomena.
Physical Optics.
By Prof. Robert W. Wood. Third edition. Pp. xvi + 846 + 18 plates. (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1934.) 31s. 6d. net.
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LOWRY, T. Physical Optics . Nature 135, 325 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135325a0
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