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Six Lectures on Light

by John Tyndall

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Lecture IV Chromatic Phenomena Produced by Crystals in Polarized Light

THE NICOL PRISM

POLARIZER AND ANALYZER

ACTION OF THICK AND THIN PLATES OF SELENITE

COLOURS DEPENDENT ON THICKNESS

RESOLUTION OF POLARIZED BEAM INTO TWO OTHERS BY THE SELENITE

ONE OF THEM MORE RETARDED THAN THE OTHER

RECOMPOUNDING OF THE TWO SYSTEMS OF WAVES BY THE ANALYZER

INTERFERENCE THUS RENDERED POSSIBLE

CONSEQUENT PRODUCTION OF COLOURS

ACTION OF BODIES MECHANICALLY STRAINED OR PRESSED

ACTION OF SONOROUS VIBRATIONS

ACTION OF GLASS STRAINED OR PRESSED BY HEAT

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION

CHROMATIC PHENOMENA PRODUCED BY QUARTZ

THE MAGNETIZATION OF LIGHT

RINGS SURROUNDING THE AXES OF CRYSTALS

BIAXAL AND UNIAXAL CRYSTALS

GRASP OF THE UNDULATORY THEORY

THE COLOUR AND POLARIZATION OF SKY-LIGHT

GENERATION OF ARTIFICIAL SKIES.

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