Brighter than how many suns? Sir Isaac Newton’s burning mirror

There are a number of references in the scientific literature to a burning mirror designed by Sir Isaac Newton (1). Together, they record that it was made from seven separate concave glasses, each about a foot in diameter, that Newton demonstrated its effects at several meetings of the Royal Society...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Notes and records of the Royal Society of London 1989-01, Vol.43 (1), p.31-51
Hauptverfasser:	Simms, D. L., Hinkley, P. L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Geometric planes Ignition Melting Mirrors Optical focus Parabolic reflectors Radians Radiant flux density Sunlight Surgical instruments
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