"Refractive" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... often rely upon the more obvious sort of property, such as color, that they so frequently make mistakes. There may be several different types of stones of a given color, but each will be found to have its own numerical properties such as density, hardness, refractive power, dispersive power, etc., and it is only by an accurate determination of two or three of these that one can be sure what stone he has in hand. It must next be our task to find exactly what is meant by each of these ...
— A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public • Frank Bertram Wade
... to fuse refractive meteoric iron, would be no mean weapon, at close quarters. And the quarters would ...
— Salvage in Space • John Stewart Williamson |
