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Dioptrics of the Eye
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If equation (9) is applied to the nodal points we must put a, = am +1}
and thus we obtain:
Th,'Y> m+1*
Hence, we see that the linear dimensions of object and image lying in
the nodal planes are likewise inversely proportional to the indices of
refraction of the first and last media.
Since the size of the image is proportional to its distance from the
second focal plane, this distance can be found, provided the size of the
image is given. If the image lies in the second principal plane, it has
the same size as the object and its distance from the second focal point
is F2. On the other hand, if the image is formed in the second nodal
plane, its size, as has just been shown, will be
T"+1=^T"
If (r2 denotes its distance in this case from the second focal point, then
v _Fi
y m+l G 2
and therefore by equation (9c),
G2 = —F,=Fl......(10a)
nm+i
Accordingly, the distance between the second principal plane and the
second nodal plane is
0,2 = F 2 — t?2
~ F 2 F
The nodal planes are a pair of conjugate planes; and if oq denotes the
distance of the first nodal plane from the first principal plane, that is, if
o\ — Gi F l,
then by equation (8a), we have:
di 02
hence
0\ — 02 = F 2 — F1
Gi = F 2........(10b)
and
G\_7ïm+i
G2 ni
(10c)