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020 _a9781107707306 (ebook)
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100 1 _aSpottiswoode, William,
_d1825-1883,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPolarisation of light /
_cWilliam Spottiswoode.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2015.
300 _a1 online resource (viii, 129 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge library collection. Physical sciences
500 _aOriginally published: London : Macmillan and Co., 1874.
505 0 _aPreface -- 1. Methods of polarisation -- 2. Double refraction: polariscopes -- 3. Chromatic polarisation: the wave theory -- 4. Circular polarisation -- 5. Circular polarisation by reflexion -- 6. Phenomena produced by mechanical means: unannealed glass -- 7. Atmospheric and other polarisation: the polar clock -- 8. Rings and brushes produced by crystal plates -- 9. Composition of colours by polarised light -- Index.
520 _aBefore his untimely death from typhoid, William Spottiswoode (1825-83) had served as president of the London Mathematical Society, the British Association, and the Royal Society. In addition to publishing widely in mathematics and the experimental physical sciences, he restored the fortunes of his family printing firm, Eyre and Spottiswoode, the Queen's printers. An enthusiast for the popularisation of science, he lectured to large audiences at the Royal Institution, the South Kensington College of Science, and at British Association meetings. He also gave scientific talks at the school set up for the employees of his family firm. This illustrated 1874 work is based on these talks, and provides an introduction to 'this beautiful branch of optics'. Spottiswoode covers methods of polarisation, and the contemporary theory accounting for these effects. He describes various experiments, and explains how polarisation causes patterns and colours to appear in light.
650 0 _aPolarization (Light)
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108076234
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
_pPhysical sciences.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107707306
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