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THE appearances presented by the transmission of polarised light through crystals, have long been known as the most magnificent in Optics. It is our intention in this paper to give an account of the more recent observations which have been made respecting the phenomena exhibited by uniaxal crystals, accompanied by such an explanation as will, we hope, render them intelligible to persons very slightly acquainted with science. We shall therefore avoid as much as we can the use of technical terms, and assume as little as possible to be previously known to the reader.
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RUSSELL, W. Transmission of Polarised Light Through Uniaxal Crystals. Nature 2, 299–300 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/002299a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/002299a0