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Law of Refraction

The Law of Refraction, also known as Snell's Law is used for determining the angle that a ray of light will bend away from the normal when it goes from one medium to another.

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Earth's Radius Calculation

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http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Snell.html

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