A course of experiments in physical measurement (1897)
Whiting, Harold, d. 1895 · Boston, D.C. Heath and Co. · leaf 580
xcept those in a certain direction, as for instance Ti a45 ] POLARIZATION 549 iioith and south. The hght transmitted is then saidto be polarized. In many optical imstruments, light passes success-ively through two such combinations. The first isdalled the polarizer (e, Fig. 270), the second… … Fie. 270. through the other; but since the polarizer transmitsOnly vibrations in a given direction, if the analjzer isplaced so as to stop all vibrations in this direction,a beam of light which has passed through the polar-izer will be completely cut off by the analyzer. Theposition of the analyzer…
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