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An improved polarizing microscope. V. The ore-microscope1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

A. F. Hallimond
Affiliation:
Messrs. Cooke, Troughton & Simms, Ltd., York
E. Wilfred Taylor
Affiliation:
Messrs. Cooke, Troughton & Simms, Ltd., York

Extract

Examination in reflected polarized light is now widely used in metallography as well as for mineral sections. The recent introduction of graded diamond abrasives has overcome most of the difficulties in polishing that have previously hindered the widespread use of this important method.

The present instrument (fig. 1) has been designed to give the best available control over the conditions of illumination and extinction, and to provide for the complete analysis of the reflected elliptically-polarized beam. A robust stand of normal grade suitable for general research purposes and works control is provided with a stage rack, reflector unit, and the usual polarizing equipment. It may be adapted for transmitted light by the addition of the detachable substage shown on the right of the figure.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1953

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Footnotes

1

Parts I-IV, Min. Mag., 1946, vol. 27, p. 175; 1947, vol. 28, p. 96; 1948, vol. 28, p. 296; 1950, vol. 29, p. 150.

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