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Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

Two astronomers, Hertzprung and Russell independently experimented with plotting luminosity versus surface temperature. The resulting diagram came to be known as a Hertzprung-Russell diagram, or H-R ...

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/astro/herrus.html#c1

Simple magnification

A ray diagram (with explanation) showing an object, it's virtual image, a lens and a retina on which the position of the lens can be altered and the effect seen. The diagram is clear in this vertical ...

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http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/lenses/simplemagnification/index.html

Feynman Diagram

In order to visualize and describe quantum electrodynamical interactions, physicist Richard P. Feynman introduced an ingenious schematic form of drawing now called a Feynman diagram.

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http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/FeynmanDiagram.html

Magnifying with a bi-convex lens

A ray diagram including object, image and lens on which you can move the lens to adjust the magnification. Clear description of the ray diagram. I love watching an inverted giraffe grow before my ...

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http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/lenses/magnify/index.html

Free Body Diagram

A free-body diagram is a sketch of an object of interest with all the surrounding objects stripped away and all of the forces acting on the body shown.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/freeb.html#fb

$Refraction of light$

Refraction of light

An animated wave diagram showing how an incident wave is refracted for a variety of angles of incidence, and a variety of materials. The wavelength can also be varied, but on the diagram this has NO ...

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