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RefNoPP/15/1
Previous numbersPP/47/1
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Remarks on Mr A W Ward’s paper "On the magnetic rotation of the plane of polarisation of light in doubly refracting bodies"' by O Weiner and W Wedding
CreatorWeiner; O (fl 1889)
Wedding; W (fl 1889)
Date1889
DescriptionThe authors write: 'In the above-mentioned paper [see PP/14/5] Mr Ward communicates theoretical and experimental investigations which, as far as they are correct, are in their essential parts already published, and indeed somewhat more completely in three papers by Gouy and ourselves, the latter investigations having been suggested by Professor Kundt. Experiments on the rotation of the plane of polarisation of light by means of interrupted currents, like those of Bichat and Blondlot, are here excluded. Since the above-mentioned papers have not been noticed by Mr Ward, and are hence probably not well known, it may be of interest to reproduce here their essential contents.'

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.

Subject: Magnetism / Optics

Received 24 October 1889 / 22 November 1889. Read 5 December 1889. Communicated by Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt].

A version of this paper was published in volume 47 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Remarks on Mr. A. W. Ward’s paper "on the magnetic rotation of the plane of polarisation of light in doubly refracting bodies."'.
Extent19p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1889.0057
RelatedRecordPP/14/5
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6090Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh1842 - 1919
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