GLAZEBROOK, R.T. - CONFIRMING FRESNEL'S WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT.

An Experimental Determination of the Values of the Velocities of Normal Propagation of Plane Waves in different directions in a Biaxial Crystal, and a Comparison of the Results with Theory. 2 parts.

(London, Harrison and Sons, 1879). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1879 - Vol. 170 - Part I. Pp. 287-377a.26 textillustrations.

In this paper Glazebrook confirms Fresnel's theory of doublerefraction by measuring the velocity of the normal propagation of plane waves in a biaxal crystal.

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