Experiments on the depolarization of light as exhibited by various mineral, animal, and vegetable bodies, with a reference of the phenomena to the general principles of polarization. By David Brewster, LL. D. F. R. S. Edin. and F. S. A. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S
When a ray of light has been so modified by reflection or refraction that in certain planes it is not divided into two parts by a prism of Iceland spar, that ray is said to be polarized; but it may again, by several means, be rendered divisible, and is then said to be depolarized. The object of the...
| Published in: | Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London |
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| Language: | English |
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1833
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1815.0003 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1815.0003 |