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On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences · Mary Somerville — chapter 20 of 72 · ~47 words · public domain

Phenomena exhibited by the Passage of Polarized Light through Mica and Sulphate of Lime—The Coloured Images produced by Polarized Light passing through Crystals having one and two Optic Axes—Circular Polarization—Elliptical Polarization—Discoveries of MM. Biot, Fresnel, and Professor Airy—Coloured Images produced by the Interference of Polarized Rays—Fluorescence

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