Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- 1853. On the Change of Refrangibility of Light.—II
- 1852. On the Optical Properties of a recently discovered Salt of Quinine
- 1853. On the Change of Refrangibility of Light and the exhibition thereby of the Chemical Rays
- 1853. On the Cause of the Occurrence of Abnormal Figures in Photographic Impressions of Polarized Rings
- 1853. On the Metallic Reflexion exhibited by certain Non-Metallic Substances
- 1854. Extracts from Letter to Dr W. Haidinger: on the Direction of the Vibrations in Polarized Light: on Shadow Patterns and the Chromatic Aberration of the Eye: on Haidinger's Brushes
- 1854. On the Theory of the Electric Telegraph. By Prof. W. Thomson. (Extract)
- 1855. On the Achromatism of a Double Object-glass
- 1856. Remarks on Professor Challis's paper, entitled “A Theory of the Composition of Colours, etc.”
- 1856. Supplement to the “Account of Pendulum Experiments undertaken in the Harton Colliery…”. By G. B. Airy, Esq., Astronomer Royal
- 1857. On the Polarization of Diffracted Light
- 1857. On the Discontinuity of Arbitrary Constants which appear in Divergent Developments
- 1857. On the Effect of Wind on the Intensity of Sound
- 1859. On the Existence of a Second Crystallizable Fluorescent Substance (Paviin) in the Bark of the Horse-Chestnut
- 1859. On the bearing of the Phenomena of Diffraction on the Direction of the Vibrations of Polarized Light, with Remarks on the Paper of Professor F. Eisenlohr
- 1860. Note on Paviin
- 1860. On the Colouring Matters of Madder. By Dr E. Schunck (Extract)
- 1860. Extracts relating to the Early History of Spectrum Analysis
- 1861. Note on Internal Radiation
- 1862. On the Intensity of the Light reflected from or transmitted through a Pile of Plates
- 1862. Report on Double Refraction
- 1862. On the Long Spectrum of Electric Light
- 1863. On the Change of Form assumed by Wrought Iron and other Metals when heated and then cooled by partial Immersion in Water. By Lieut.-Col. H. Clark, R.A., F.R.S. Note appended by Prof. Stokes
- 1864. On the supposed Identity of Biliverdin with Chlorophyll, with remarks on the Constitution of Chlorophyll
- 1864. On the Discrimination of Organic Bodies by their Optical Properties
- 1864. On the Application of the Optical Properties of Bodies to the Detection and Discrimination of Organic Substances
- 1864. On the Reduction and Oxidation of the Colouring Matter of the Blood
- 1867. On a Property of Curves which fulfil the condition
- 1867. On the Internal Distribution of Matter which shall produce a given Potential at the surface of a Gravitating Mass
- 1868. Supplement to a paper on the Discontinuity of Arbitrary Constants which appear in Divergent Developments
- 1868. On the Communication of Vibration from a Vibrating Body to a surrounding Gas
- 1868. Account of Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun….By J. Pope Hennessy. Note added by Prof. Stokes
- 1869. On a certain Reaction of Quinine
- 1872. Explanation of a Dynamical Paradox
- 1872. On the Law of Extraordinary Refraction in Iceland Spar
- 1873. Sur l'emploi du prisme dans la vérification de la loi de la double réfraction
- 1871. Notice of the Researches of the late Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt on the Conditions of Transparency in Glass and the Connexion between the Chemical Constitution and Optical Properties of Different Glasses
- 1873. On the Principles of the Chemical Correction of Object-glasses
- 1874. On the Improvement of the Spectroscope. By Thomas Grubb, F.R.S. Note appended by Prof. Stokès
- 1874. On the Construction of a perfectly Achromatic Telescope
- 1875. On the Optical Properties of a Titano-Silicic Glass
- 1876. On a Phenomenon of Metallic Reflection
- 1876. Preliminary Note on the Compound Nature of the Line-Spectra of Elementary Bodies. By J. N. Lockyer, F.R.S. (Extract)
- APPENDIX (Correspondence of Prof. G. G. Stokes and Prof. W. Thomson on the nature and possibilities of Spectrum Analysis)
- INDEX
1860. Extracts relating to the Early History of Spectrum Analysis
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- 1853. On the Change of Refrangibility of Light.—II
- 1852. On the Optical Properties of a recently discovered Salt of Quinine
- 1853. On the Change of Refrangibility of Light and the exhibition thereby of the Chemical Rays
- 1853. On the Cause of the Occurrence of Abnormal Figures in Photographic Impressions of Polarized Rings
- 1853. On the Metallic Reflexion exhibited by certain Non-Metallic Substances
- 1854. Extracts from Letter to Dr W. Haidinger: on the Direction of the Vibrations in Polarized Light: on Shadow Patterns and the Chromatic Aberration of the Eye: on Haidinger's Brushes
- 1854. On the Theory of the Electric Telegraph. By Prof. W. Thomson. (Extract)
- 1855. On the Achromatism of a Double Object-glass
- 1856. Remarks on Professor Challis's paper, entitled “A Theory of the Composition of Colours, etc.”
- 1856. Supplement to the “Account of Pendulum Experiments undertaken in the Harton Colliery…”. By G. B. Airy, Esq., Astronomer Royal
- 1857. On the Polarization of Diffracted Light
- 1857. On the Discontinuity of Arbitrary Constants which appear in Divergent Developments
- 1857. On the Effect of Wind on the Intensity of Sound
- 1859. On the Existence of a Second Crystallizable Fluorescent Substance (Paviin) in the Bark of the Horse-Chestnut
- 1859. On the bearing of the Phenomena of Diffraction on the Direction of the Vibrations of Polarized Light, with Remarks on the Paper of Professor F. Eisenlohr
- 1860. Note on Paviin
- 1860. On the Colouring Matters of Madder. By Dr E. Schunck (Extract)
- 1860. Extracts relating to the Early History of Spectrum Analysis
- 1861. Note on Internal Radiation
- 1862. On the Intensity of the Light reflected from or transmitted through a Pile of Plates
- 1862. Report on Double Refraction
- 1862. On the Long Spectrum of Electric Light
- 1863. On the Change of Form assumed by Wrought Iron and other Metals when heated and then cooled by partial Immersion in Water. By Lieut.-Col. H. Clark, R.A., F.R.S. Note appended by Prof. Stokes
- 1864. On the supposed Identity of Biliverdin with Chlorophyll, with remarks on the Constitution of Chlorophyll
- 1864. On the Discrimination of Organic Bodies by their Optical Properties
- 1864. On the Application of the Optical Properties of Bodies to the Detection and Discrimination of Organic Substances
- 1864. On the Reduction and Oxidation of the Colouring Matter of the Blood
- 1867. On a Property of Curves which fulfil the condition
- 1867. On the Internal Distribution of Matter which shall produce a given Potential at the surface of a Gravitating Mass
- 1868. Supplement to a paper on the Discontinuity of Arbitrary Constants which appear in Divergent Developments
- 1868. On the Communication of Vibration from a Vibrating Body to a surrounding Gas
- 1868. Account of Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun….By J. Pope Hennessy. Note added by Prof. Stokes
- 1869. On a certain Reaction of Quinine
- 1872. Explanation of a Dynamical Paradox
- 1872. On the Law of Extraordinary Refraction in Iceland Spar
- 1873. Sur l'emploi du prisme dans la vérification de la loi de la double réfraction
- 1871. Notice of the Researches of the late Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt on the Conditions of Transparency in Glass and the Connexion between the Chemical Constitution and Optical Properties of Different Glasses
- 1873. On the Principles of the Chemical Correction of Object-glasses
- 1874. On the Improvement of the Spectroscope. By Thomas Grubb, F.R.S. Note appended by Prof. Stokès
- 1874. On the Construction of a perfectly Achromatic Telescope
- 1875. On the Optical Properties of a Titano-Silicic Glass
- 1876. On a Phenomenon of Metallic Reflection
- 1876. Preliminary Note on the Compound Nature of the Line-Spectra of Elementary Bodies. By J. N. Lockyer, F.R.S. (Extract)
- APPENDIX (Correspondence of Prof. G. G. Stokes and Prof. W. Thomson on the nature and possibilities of Spectrum Analysis)
- INDEX
Summary
Gentlemen,
Some years ago M. Foucault mentioned to me in conversation a most remarkable phænomenon which he had observed in the course of some researches on the voltaic arc, but which, though published in L'Institut, does not seem to have attracted the attention which it deserves. Having recently received from Prof. Kirchhoff a copy of a very important communication to the Academy of Sciences at Berlin, I take the liberty of sending you translations of the two, which I doubt not will prove highly interesting to many of your readers.
I am, Gentlemen, Yours sincerely,
G. G. Stokes.
M. Foucault's discovery is mentioned in the course of a paper published in L'Institut of Feb. 7, 1849, having been brought forward at a meeting of the Philomathic Society on the 20th of January preceding. In describing the result of a prismatic analysis of the voltaic arc formed between charcoal poles, M. Foucault writes as follows (p. 45):–
“Its spectrum is marked, as is known, in its whole extent by a multitude of irregularly grouped luminous lines; but among these may be remarked a double line situated at the boundary of the yellow and orange. As this double line recalled by its form and situation the line D of the solar spectrum, I wished to try if it corresponded to it; and in default of instruments for measuring the angles, I had recourse to a particular process.
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- Mathematical and Physical Papers , pp. 127 - 136Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1904