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... Spar ( production of 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 ...
... Spar ( production of 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 ...
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... spar , and between plates of glass , are familiar illustrations of the colours caused by thin plates of a gaseous substance . The colours caused by thin films of oil of turpentine or other essential oils , of alcohol or of water , and ...
... spar , and between plates of glass , are familiar illustrations of the colours caused by thin plates of a gaseous substance . The colours caused by thin films of oil of turpentine or other essential oils , of alcohol or of water , and ...
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... spar , or sometimes calcareous spar , or , for brevity , calc - spar . In every double refracting crystal there are , however , one or more directions in which double refraction does not take place . These are called axes of double ...
... spar , or sometimes calcareous spar , or , for brevity , calc - spar . In every double refracting crystal there are , however , one or more directions in which double refraction does not take place . These are called axes of double ...
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... spar , and we obtain two images on the screen . By rotating the crystal on its axis , one of the images revolves around the other , but neither disappears during the revolution . Now this fact proves that the light which falls on the ...
... spar , and we obtain two images on the screen . By rotating the crystal on its axis , one of the images revolves around the other , but neither disappears during the revolution . Now this fact proves that the light which falls on the ...
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... spar the transmitted light is polarized . The atmospheric light is frequently polarized , especially in the earlier and later periods of the day when the solar rays fall very obliquely on the atmo- sphere . At the present season , the ...
... spar the transmitted light is polarized . The atmospheric light is frequently polarized , especially in the earlier and later periods of the day when the solar rays fall very obliquely on the atmo- sphere . At the present season , the ...
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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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