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... rings and cross in uniaxial crystals ) , Tourmaline , Ice and Crystals of Snow , Beryl , Quartz , Amethyst , Chabasite ......... 4. Right Prismatic System . - Nitre ( production of lemniscates and cross in biaxial crystals ) , Carbonate ...
... rings and cross in uniaxial crystals ) , Tourmaline , Ice and Crystals of Snow , Beryl , Quartz , Amethyst , Chabasite ......... 4. Right Prismatic System . - Nitre ( production of lemniscates and cross in biaxial crystals ) , Carbonate ...
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... rings of brilliant colours . Those seen by reflected light , have a black spot in the centre , while the transmitted rings have a white spot in the centre . These different phenomena of thin plates are brilliantly illus- trated in the ...
... rings of brilliant colours . Those seen by reflected light , have a black spot in the centre , while the transmitted rings have a white spot in the centre . These different phenomena of thin plates are brilliantly illus- trated in the ...
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... rings . Red light yields the broadest , violet light the narrowest rings . Minute particles , fibres , and grooved surfaces also produce prismatic or iridescent colours by white light . Thus , minute par- ticles of condensed vapour ...
... rings . Red light yields the broadest , violet light the narrowest rings . Minute particles , fibres , and grooved surfaces also produce prismatic or iridescent colours by white light . Thus , minute par- ticles of condensed vapour ...
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... rings . The colour of the tourmaline is various , but green and brown are the prevailing tints . Curiously enough , there appears to be a remarkable connection between the colour and the other optical , as well as the electrical ...
... rings . The colour of the tourmaline is various , but green and brown are the prevailing tints . Curiously enough , there appears to be a remarkable connection between the colour and the other optical , as well as the electrical ...
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... rings , at right angles to the axis . Considerable care and experience are required to pre- pare good plates . If they be not cut perfectly parallel to the axis , their polarizing and analyzing powers are greatly impaired . buying ...
... rings , at right angles to the axis . Considerable care and experience are required to pre- pare good plates . If they be not cut perfectly parallel to the axis , their polarizing and analyzing powers are greatly impaired . buying ...
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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 Encyclopædia 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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