Excerpt from Simplified Method of Tracing Rays: Through Any Optical System of Lenses, Prisms, and Mirrors Our purpose is not to treat the whole subject of geometrical Optics, but exclusively, or almost so, that part of it which is called by the short name of ray tracing. This is notoriously the most laborious part of the computer's patient work, and becomes, without question, a formidable task when he has to deal with skew rays and non-centred systems. The problem thus limited can be put shortly - Given the ray incident ...
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Excerpt from Simplified Method of Tracing Rays: Through Any Optical System of Lenses, Prisms, and Mirrors Our purpose is not to treat the whole subject of geometrical Optics, but exclusively, or almost so, that part of it which is called by the short name of ray tracing. This is notoriously the most laborious part of the computer's patient work, and becomes, without question, a formidable task when he has to deal with skew rays and non-centred systems. The problem thus limited can be put shortly - Given the ray incident upon any system of lenses, mirrors, and prisms, find the emergent ray. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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