X. An experimental determination of the values of the velocities of normal propagation of plane waves in different directions in a biaxal crystal, and a comparison of the results with theory

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1879
• Subjects: Malus; Sav’; Wollaston; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1879.0070; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1879.0070

Part I. Preliminary.-Professor Stokes's Report to the British Association, 1862, with Outline of the Method. Section I.-Review of Previous Experiments and Criticism of Fresnel's. In his report to the British Association in 1862, Professor Stokes says: "The exactness of the spheroidal...