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  2. Deck prism - Wikipedia

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    A deck prism, or bullseye, is a prism inserted into the deck of a ship to provide light down below. [1] [2] [3] For centuries, sailing ships used deck prisms to provide a safe source of natural sunlight to illuminate areas below decks. Before electricity, light below a vessel's deck was provided by candles, oil and kerosene lamps—all dangerous

  3. Prism lighting - Wikipedia

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    Deck prisms carried light through the upper decks of ships and spread it in the decks below. Similarly, on land, prisms in sidewalk lights were used to light basements and vaults. Prism tiles were used vertically, usually as a transom light above a window or door. [6] They were also built into fixed and movable canopies, sloped glazing, and ...

  4. Minimum deviation - Wikipedia

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    In a prism, the angle of deviation (δ) decreases with increase in the angle of incidence (i) up to a particular angle.This angle of incidence where the angle of deviation in a prism is minimum is called the minimum deviation position of the prism and that very deviation angle is known as the minimum angle of deviation (denoted by δ min, D λ, or D m).

  5. Glass in green buildings - Wikipedia

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    Glass is a wholly recyclable material. [2] Glass is beloved by architects as well as designers. Glass can play a role in accomplishing greater indoor environmental quality and when used carefully can improve energy efficiency, however a measured approach needs to be taken to ensure the building loads are not excessively increased due to solar gain.

  6. Glass code - Wikipedia

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    The international glass code is based on U.S. military standard MIL-G-174, and is a six-digit number specifying the glass according to its refractive index n d at the Fraunhofer d- (or D 3-) line, 589.3 nm, and its Abbe number V d also taken at that line.

  7. Talk:Deck prism - Wikipedia

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    Talk: Deck prism. Add languages. ... Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version ...

  8. Opticks - Wikipedia

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    Newton sets forth in full his experiments, first reported to the Royal Society of London in 1672, [2] on dispersion, or the separation of light into a spectrum of its component colours. He demonstrates how the appearance of color arises from selective absorption , reflection, or transmission of the various component parts of the incident light.

  9. Pentaprism - Wikipedia

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    A pentaprism is a five-sided reflecting prism used to deviate a beam of light by a constant 90°, even if the entry beam is not at 90° to the prism. The beam reflects inside the prism twice , [ 1 ] allowing the transmission of an image through a right angle without inverting it (that is, without changing the image's handedness ) as an ordinary ...