Polarisation of light / William Spottiswoode.
Before his untimely death from typhoid, William Spottiswoode (1825-83) had served as president of the London Mathematical Society, the British Association, and the Royal Society. In addition to publishing widely in mathematics and the experimental physical sciences, he restored the fortunes of his f...
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2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Methods of polarisation
- 2. Double refraction: polariscopes
- 3. Chromatic polarisation: the wave theory
- 4. Circular polarisation
- 5. Circular polarisation by reflexion
- 6. Phenomena produced by mechanical means: unannealed glass
- 7. Atmospheric and other polarisation: the polar clock
- 8. Rings and brushes produced by crystal plates
- 9. Composition of colours by polarised light
- Index.