Iceland spar and its legacy in science
In the late 17th century, Rasmus Bartholin and Christiaan Huygens investigated a curious optical property of crystals found at Helgustaðir in Eastern Iceland. This property which has been called double refraction, revealed in the 19th century a new aspect of light which turned out to be very useful...
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| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-05-01
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| Series: | History of Geo- and Space Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.hist-geo-space-sci.net/3/117/2012/hgss-3-117-2012.pdf |