Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATE (at end)
- CHAPTER I METHODS OF POLARISATION
- CHAPTER II DOUBLE REFRACTION—POLARISCOPES
- CHAPTER III CHROMATIC POLARISATION—THE WAVE THEORY
- CHAPTER IV CIRCULAR POLARISATION
- CHAPTER V CIRCULAR POLARISATION BY REFLEXION
- CHAPTER VI PHENOMENA PRODUCED BY MECHANICAL MEANS—UNANNEALED GLASS
- CHAPTER VII ATMOSPHERIC AND OTHER POLARISATION—THE POLAR CLOCK
- CHAPTER VIII RINGS AND BRUSHES PRODUCED BY CRYSTAL PLATES
- CHAPTER IX COMPOSITION OF COLOURS BY POLARISED LIGHT
- INDEX
- Plate Section
CHAPTER V - CIRCULAR POLARISATION BY REFLEXION
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATE (at end)
- CHAPTER I METHODS OF POLARISATION
- CHAPTER II DOUBLE REFRACTION—POLARISCOPES
- CHAPTER III CHROMATIC POLARISATION—THE WAVE THEORY
- CHAPTER IV CIRCULAR POLARISATION
- CHAPTER V CIRCULAR POLARISATION BY REFLEXION
- CHAPTER VI PHENOMENA PRODUCED BY MECHANICAL MEANS—UNANNEALED GLASS
- CHAPTER VII ATMOSPHERIC AND OTHER POLARISATION—THE POLAR CLOCK
- CHAPTER VIII RINGS AND BRUSHES PRODUCED BY CRYSTAL PLATES
- CHAPTER IX COMPOSITION OF COLOURS BY POLARISED LIGHT
- INDEX
- Plate Section
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- Polarisation of Light , pp. 57 - 74Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015First published in: 1874