This singular result opened a wide field of inquiry to philosophers : and the successive labours of Malus, Arago, Biot, Fresnel, and Cauchy, in France; Seebeck and Mitscherlich, in Germany; and Young, Herschel, and Airy, in England — present a train... Report of the Annual Meeting - Page 314by British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1833Full view - About this book
| John M. Moffat - 1834 - 530 pages
...fruitless speculations on the cause of this singular phenomenon, he was conducted to the great discover}', that light reflected at a particular angle from transparent...science since the development of the true system of ths universe.'"t * See Sir J. Herschel's Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy, pp. 30 — 33.... | |
| Walter Rogers Johnson - 1835 - 530 pages
...angle from transparent bodies, is polarized like one of the rays produced by double refraction. 229. " This singular result opened a wide field of inquiry...has adorned the annals of physical science since the developement of the true system of the universe."^ What crystals have more than one axis of this kind... | |
| Walter Rogers Johnson - 1836 - 516 pages
...angle from transparent bodies, is polarized like one of the rays produced by double refraction. 229. " This singular result opened a wide field of inquiry...has adorned the annals of physical science since the developement of the true system of the universe.'"f What crystals have more than one axis of this kind... | |
| John M. Moffat, Walter Rogers Johnson - 1842 - 498 pages
...times acquired a peculiar interest in consequence of its intimate connexion with polarization. 229. " This singular result opened a wide field of inquiry...Mitscherlich, in Germany; and Young, Herschel, and Airy, in England—present a train of research ' than which,' as a distinguished philosopher remarks, ' nothing... | |
| John M. Moffat, Walter Rogers Johnson - 1845 - 516 pages
...angle from transparent bodies, is polarized like one of the rays produced by double refraction. 229. " This singular result opened a wide field of inquiry...successive labours of Malus, Arago, Biot, Fresnel, and Uauchy, in France;, Seebeck and Mitscherlich, in Germany; and Young, Herschel, and Airy, in England... | |
| Charles W. Vincent, James Mason - 1854 - 352 pages
...Herschel has characterized as " presenting a picture of emulous and successful research, than which nothing prouder has adorned the annals of physical...the development of the true system of the universe." Omitting from the list of Arago's contributions to science those astronomical notices which regularly... | |
| Charles W. Vincent, James Mason - 1854 - 324 pages
..." presenting a picture of emul.Mis and successful research, than which nothing prouder has ado rued the annals of phys-ical science since the development of the true system of the universe." Omitting from the list of Arago's contributions to science those astronomical notices which regularly... | |
| John Adams Dix - 1864 - 484 pages
...researches on the part of various scientific individuals in Europe, of which it has been said, that "' nothing prouder has adorned the annals of physical...the development of the true system of the universe." 1 Mr. Airy, of the University of Cambridge in England, has more recently discovered elliptical polarization... | |
| John Adams Dix - 1864 - 478 pages
...researches on the part of various scientific individuals in Europe, of which it has been said, that "' nothing prouder has adorned the annals of physical...science since the development of the true system of the universe."1 Mr. Airy, of the University of Cambridge in England, has more recently discovered elliptical... | |
| William Rowan Hamilton - 2000 - 866 pages
...Brewster, Biot, Arago, and Fresnel, present a picture of emulous and successful research, than which nothing prouder has adorned the annals of physical...the development of the true system of the universe. "To enter, however, (Mr. Herschell continues,) into the history of these discoveries, or to assign... | |
| |