Lectures on Polarized Light: Delivered Before the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, and in the Medical School of the London Hospital |
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... incident and the reflected ray make each the same angle with the reflecting surface , hence the law of reflection is , that the angles of inci- dence and reflexion are equal . This law holds good under all circumstances , whether the ...
... incident and the reflected ray make each the same angle with the reflecting surface , hence the law of reflection is , that the angles of inci- dence and reflexion are equal . This law holds good under all circumstances , whether the ...
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... Incident ray of common or unpo- larized light . b . Plate of glass ( polarizing plate ) . c . Reflected ray of polarized light . of glass . A well - polished or var- nished piece of wood ( as a table , top of a pianoforte , or a counter ) ...
... Incident ray of common or unpo- larized light . b . Plate of glass ( polarizing plate ) . c . Reflected ray of polarized light . of glass . A well - polished or var- nished piece of wood ( as a table , top of a pianoforte , or a counter ) ...
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... Incident ray of unpolarized or com- mon light . Nichol's prism , or Nichol's eye - piece * , is a most valuable and convenient polarizer . It is an oblique rhombic prism , whose terminal planes form an angle of 68 ° with the adjoining ...
... Incident ray of unpolarized or com- mon light . Nichol's prism , or Nichol's eye - piece * , is a most valuable and convenient polarizer . It is an oblique rhombic prism , whose terminal planes form an angle of 68 ° with the adjoining ...
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... Incident ray of unpolarized light . d . Transmitted ray of light polarized by a . e . Ray polarized by a , and transmitted by b . a ' . b . Two plates of tourmaline with their axes opposed , so that the light , polarized by a ' , is ...
... Incident ray of unpolarized light . d . Transmitted ray of light polarized by a . e . Ray polarized by a , and transmitted by b . a ' . b . Two plates of tourmaline with their axes opposed , so that the light , polarized by a ' , is ...
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... incident ray are propagated unchanged , but at an angle of 45 ° to either of these positions , the plane of vibration of the incident ray is resolved into two rectangular planes , each of which forms an angle of 45 ° with the incident ...
... incident ray are propagated unchanged , but at an angle of 45 ° to either of these positions , the plane of vibration of the incident ray is resolved into two rectangular planes , each of which forms an angle of 45 ° with the incident ...
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3d Edition annealed glasses apophyllite blue bodies Brewster called circular circularly polarized light cloth common light complementary compression depolarizing Dictionary dilatation direction double refracting prism double refraction doubly refracting crystal elasticity elliptical Encyclopędia Engravings equal ethereal molecules extraordinary ray films of selenite forces Fresnel's fringes glass plates heat History hypothesis Iceland spar Illustrations incident ray inclined J. C. LOUDON JOHN LINDLEY lectures left-handed luminiferous ether medium mica molecules oblique observe optic axes ordinary ray parallel perpendicular phenomena plane of polarization plate of tourmaline polariscope polarized rays position potash principal axis prismatic axis produced quartz rectangular rectilinearly rectilinearly polarized reflected refractive power refractor rhombic rhombohedric right angles rotating selenite Sir John Herschel spectrum square sugar supposed system of rings systems of waves thickness tints tion transmitted TREATISE unannealed glass undulation unequal vibrations Vignette Titles violet white light Woodcuts yellow
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