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... plate of glass or mica . The latter phenomenon has formed the subject of numerous experiments by Sir David Brewster , who has dis- covered a very remarkable polarity , or apparent polarity , in the bands . The theory of these bands has ...
... plate of glass or mica . The latter phenomenon has formed the subject of numerous experiments by Sir David Brewster , who has dis- covered a very remarkable polarity , or apparent polarity , in the bands . The theory of these bands has ...
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... plate is very remarkable , on account of its discontinuity . These reasons have induced me to lay my investigation before the Royal Society , even though the remarkable polarity of the bands has been already explained by the Astronomer ...
... plate is very remarkable , on account of its discontinuity . These reasons have induced me to lay my investigation before the Royal Society , even though the remarkable polarity of the bands has been already explained by the Astronomer ...
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... plate itself , and to a plate of equal thickness of the fluid , instead of the ab- solute retardation of the plate , or more strictly , the difference of retardations of the solid plate and of a plate of equal thick- ness of air ...
... plate itself , and to a plate of equal thickness of the fluid , instead of the ab- solute retardation of the plate , or more strictly , the difference of retardations of the solid plate and of a plate of equal thick- ness of air ...
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... plate , the wave of light be- longing to a particular colour , and to a particular point of the slit , or at least a certain portion of it limited by the boundaries of the fluid , after being refracted at the two surfaces of the prism ...
... plate , the wave of light be- longing to a particular colour , and to a particular point of the slit , or at least a certain portion of it limited by the boundaries of the fluid , after being refracted at the two surfaces of the prism ...
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... plate is in- serted into the fluid the front of a wave entering the object - glass will no longer be unbroken , but will present as it were a fault , in consequence of the retardation produced by the plate . Let R be this retardation ...
... plate is in- serted into the fluid the front of a wave entering the object - glass will no longer be unbroken , but will present as it were a fault , in consequence of the retardation produced by the plate . Let R be this retardation ...
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