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" 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 179
by William Andrew Miller - 1867
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The Medical Times and Gazette, Volume 1

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...
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Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Meetings, Volume 11

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...
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Elements of chemistry pt. 1 1855, Part 1

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...
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Rudimentary Treatise on Galvanism, and the General Principles of Animal and ...

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...
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Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science, Volume 78

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....
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

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...
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The Cornell Era, Volume 39

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...
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The Chemical Trade Journal and Oil, Paint and Colour Review, Volume 23

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....
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Report of the Annual Meeting

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....
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

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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