X. On the refraction of plane polarised light at the surface of a uniaxal crystal

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1882
• Subjects: Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1881.0070; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1881.0070

The paper, of which the following is an abstract, contains an experimental investigation of the relation between the plane of polarisation of light falling on the surface of a crystal of Iceland spar and the angles of incidence and refraction in the cases in which only one refracted wave traverses the crystal. A prism was cut from a piece of spar, one face of the prism coinciding almost exactly with a rhombic face, and plane polarised light allowed to fall on it at a known angle of incidence.