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IT is not generally known that by using ‘Polaroid’ filters of sufficient size (1½ in. to 2 in. diameter), optical interference-figures afforded by crystals in convergent polarized light—most difficult subjects to project satisfactorily on a screen—are obtained in a simplified manner with results exceeding in clearness and brilliance those got by the older apparatus.
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BUCKLEY, H. Demonstration of Optical Interference Figures. Nature 143, 801–802 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143801a0
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