Experimental Optics
A Manual for the Laboratory

Originally published in 1925, this book describes optical experiments carried out in George Searle's practical class at the Cavendish Laboratory.

G. F. C. Searle (Author)

9781107683686, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 8 May 2014

374 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.48 kg

George Frederick Charles Searle (1864–1954) was a British physicist who worked at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge for 55 years. Originally published in 1925, this book describes optical experiments carried out in Searle's practical class at the Laboratory. A broad range of experiments is contained, reflecting the diversity of student experience within the classes. Illustrative figures are incorporated throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in optics and the history of science.

1. Elementary laws of optics
2. Some applications of the laws of reflection and refraction
3. Experiments with plane surfaces
4. The spectrometer
5. Experiments with prisms
6. Spherical mirrors
7. Thin lenses
8. Experiments with thin lenses
9. Coaxial optical systems - thick lenses
10. Experiments with coaxial systems
11. Astigmatism and focal lines
12. Interference and polarisation by reflexion
13. Diffraction grating and zone plate.

Subject Areas: Physics [PH]