On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & brothers, 1846 - 460 pages |
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... Optic Axes of Crystals - M . Fresnel's Discoveries on the Rays passing along the Optic Axis - Polarization by Reflection 172 SECTION XXII . Phenomena exhibited by the passage of Polarized Light through Mica and Sulphate of Lime - The ...
... Optic Axes of Crystals - M . Fresnel's Discoveries on the Rays passing along the Optic Axis - Polarization by Reflection 172 SECTION XXII . Phenomena exhibited by the passage of Polarized Light through Mica and Sulphate of Lime - The ...
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... Optic Axes of Crystals - M . Fresnel's Discoveries on the Rays passing along the Optic Axis - Polarization by Reflection . IN giving a sketch of the constitution of light , it is impossible to omit the extraordinary property of its po ...
... Optic Axes of Crystals - M . Fresnel's Discoveries on the Rays passing along the Optic Axis - Polarization by Reflection . IN giving a sketch of the constitution of light , it is impossible to omit the extraordinary property of its po ...
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... optic axis ( N. 202 ) . Many crystals and other substances have two optic axes , inclined to each other , along which a ray of light is transmitted in one pencil by the law of ordinary refraction . The extraordinary ray is some- times ...
... optic axis ( N. 202 ) . Many crystals and other substances have two optic axes , inclined to each other , along which a ray of light is transmitted in one pencil by the law of ordinary refraction . The extraordinary ray is some- times ...
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... optic axes , is viewed through the tourmaline with its axis vertical , a most splendid appear- Q ance is presented . The cloudy spot in the direction SECT . XXII . 181 COLORED IMAGES .
... optic axes , is viewed through the tourmaline with its axis vertical , a most splendid appear- Q ance is presented . The cloudy spot in the direction SECT . XXII . 181 COLORED IMAGES .
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... optic axis of the mica exhibits a similar image ( N. 207 ) . When the two optic axes of a crystal make a small angle with one another , as in nitre , the two sets of rings touch externally ; and if the plate of nitre be turned round in ...
... optic axis of the mica exhibits a similar image ( N. 207 ) . When the two optic axes of a crystal make a small angle with one another , as in nitre , the two sets of rings touch externally ; and if the plate of nitre be turned round in ...
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