Substances are said to be optically active when they produce rotation of the plane of polarisation of a ray of polarised light which passes through them. The rotation may be either to the right or to the left, according to the nature of the substance... Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical - Page 179by William Andrew Miller - 1867Full view - About this book
| 1852 - 672 pages
...principle, — that a solution of sugar has the property of altering the plane of polarisation, 'causing it to rotate to the right or to the left, according to the nature of the sugar. Solutions of different strengths produce different amounts of rotation. The apparatus is only... | |
| 1852 - 620 pages
...principle, — that a solution of sugar has the property of alteiing the plane of polarization, causing it to rotate to the right or to the left, according to the nature of the sugar. Solutions of different strengths produce different amounts of rotation. The apparatus is only... | |
| William Allen Miller - 1855 - 458 pages
...by the reflected ray, id, light becomes visible to the observer at n ; but on rotating the eye-piece (to the right or to the left, according to the nature of the solution) the image agaiu disappears ; the amount of the movement to the right or to the left expresses the amount of rotatory... | |
| Sir William Snow Harris - 1856 - 274 pages
...according to Volta, a sort of electro-motive circulation through the system, by an impulsion either to the right or to the left, according to the nature of the combination and the particular substances in contact. The following diagrams are intended to designate... | |
| 1898 - 356 pages
...plane of polarisation of a ray of polarised light which passes through them. The rotation may be either to the right or to the left, according to the nature of the substance ; in the former case the substance is said to be dextro-rotatory ; in the latter, Izvo-rotatory.... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1863 - 470 pages
...before the introduction of the crystal : in other words, the plane of polarization has been turned to the right or to the left, according to the nature of the crystal, through an angular distance proportioned to the thickness of the crystal. The peculiar kind... | |
| 1906 - 562 pages
...he wills, or, owing to a twist which he has employed, will, upon striking the ground, break sharply to the right or to the left according to the nature of the twist delivered. One's natural inclination' would be to move aside, to avoid the danger which contact... | |
| 1898 - 456 pages
...plane of polarisation of a ray of polarised light which passes through them. The rotation may be either to the right or to the left, according to the nature of the substance ; in the former case the substance is said to be dextro-rolary ; in the latter, Isevo-rotatory.... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1899 - 1456 pages
...plane of polarisation of a ray of polarised light which passes through them. The rotation may be either to the right or to the left, according to the nature of the substance ; in the former case the substance in said to be dextro-rotatory ; in the latter, laevo-rotatory.... | |
| 1863 - 448 pages
...before the introduction of the crystal : in other words, the plane of polarization has been turned to the right or to the left, according to the nature of the crystal, through an angular distance proportioned to the thickness of the crystal. The peculiar kind... | |
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