XI. Double refraction and dispersion in Iceland Spar: an experimental investigation, with a comparison with Huyghen’s construction for the extraordinary wave

In a paper read before the Royal Society, June 20, 1878, the results of an investigation into the truth of Fresnel’s theory of double refraction in a biaxal crystal were stated. The comparison between theory and experiment was made by a method suggested by Professor Stokes (British Association Repor...

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Published in:Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 1880
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1880.0011
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