Text-book of general physics, for the use of colleges and scientific schools (1899)
Hastings, Charles Sheldon · Boston: Ginn & company · leaf 744
arizing angle, and thereflected portions will all be po-larized in the same plane. Thisarrangement, known as a pileof plates, forms quite an effi-cient and inexpensive polarizer.To secure satisfactory results, itis necessary to employ at least adozen layers of thin plate glass. 628. Nicois Prism.—… … Fig. 476. 734 POLARIZATION. rhomb of calc-spar is cut by a plane passing through theobtuse angles A, A and parallel to the diagonal DB. Thefaces of the section are then polished and cemented togetheragain by means of Canada balsam. Now, this substance has an index of refraction less thanthat of the…
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