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ATTENTION was recently directed1 to a connexion between the phenomenon of conical refraction and the focal lines in biaxial crystals described by Sorby : some additional observations have since been made regarding the behaviour of these focal lines.
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MELMORE, S. CONICAL REFRACTION. Nature 151, 620–621 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151620a0
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