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12 Aug 2024 07:17:35 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Pov-ray for Max?  
From: Spider
Date: 16 Apr 1999 11:46:16
Message: <37174C1C.316BD4FC@bahnhof.se>
Hmm, is that list avaiable somewhere? I was thinking in the lines of a include
file. It might come in handy somewhere.





Ken wrote:
> 
> Lance Birch wrote:
> >
> > Oh... I stand corrected (I thought it wasn't possible to accurately messure
> > the IOR of a solid object because it is affected by the way in which the
> > original surface has been manufactured...)
> >
> > --
> > Lance.
> 
>   What we have here is a Ying and Yang, white and black, yes an no, north
> and south, and live or die. You mentioned that it is not possible to accuratly
> measure the incident angle of of reflection which prompted me to reply as I did.
> Now you are back on the subject of measuring the ior values of non refractive
> materials again. Let's pick one subject, discuss it, then move to the next in
> turn so we both know what the heck we are replying to.
> 
> P.S. I checked a list a couple of hours ago that listed the ior values of over
> 170 different materials and not one of those listed was a common metal type.
> All were related in some way to crystaline structures and materials. i.e.
> quartz, glass, silicon carbide, salt, etc...
> 
> --
> Ken Tyler
> 
> mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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