III. Experiments on the depolarisation of light as exhibited by various mineral, animal, and vegetable bodies, with a reference of the phenomena to the general principles of polarisation. 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

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1815
• Subjects: Brewster; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1815.0004; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1815.0004

Dear Sir Towards the end of the year 1812, when I was engaged in examining the light transmitted through diaphanous bodies, I discovered the property which many of them possessed of depolarising the rays of light, or of depriving them of the po­larity which they had received, either by reflection fr...