Babinet
Britishnoun
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According to a general principle formulated by J. Babinet, the brightness of a lateral spectrum is not affected by an interchange of the transparent and opaque parts of the grating.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
Springs, artificial, proposed by Palissy, 447; by Babinet, 448.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
Her slow distracted gaze traveled from Glaud Burge to Jean le Prince, from Renot Babinet to François Bastarack, from Ambroise Tibedeaux along the line of stanch faces to Edelwald.
From The Lady of Fort St. John by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
Upon this topic my old master and friend Babinet, who was a member of the commission, wrote as follows: The members of the commission were not able to verify any of the features announced.
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille
In closing this chapter, I cannot forego the pleasure of citing Count de Gasparin apropos of the learned negations of Babinet and his emulators of the Institute.
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille
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