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2. On the Rotation of the Plane of Polarization by Quartz, and its relation to Wave-Length

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

W. Peddie
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Extract

The angular rotation of the plane of polarization of light-rays in their passage through quartz is a function of the wave-length, and is roughly represented by the formula

where A is a constant depending on the quartz. This formula is only approximate, however, and one object of the experiments described below was to ascertain how closely the rotation might be represented by three terms of the equation

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Proceedings 1881-82
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 11 , 1882 , pp. 815 - 818
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1882

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