On the laws which regular the polarization of light by reflection from transparent bodies. By David Brewster, LL. D. F. R. S. Edin. and F. S. A. Edin. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S
Though Huygens, who first explained the laws that regulate the extraordinary refraction of light at a surface of Iceland spar, discovered that light thus separated has properties different from common light; and though Newton observed that light thus modified has permanent properties, with reference...
| Published in: | Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
1833
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1815.0009 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1815.0009 |