Unpublished letter, regarding polarised light from Wilhelm Haidinger to the Royal Society
Reference number: AP/33/14
Date: 15 January 1852
Description
Haidinger writes on the theorem that in a ray of polarised light the vibrations are perpendicular to the plane of polarisation.
Subject: Physics / Optics
Received 23 January 1852.
Written by Haidinger in Vienna.
- Reference number
- AP/33/14
- Earliest possible date
- 15 January 1852
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Unpublished letter, regarding polarised light from Wilhelm Haidinger to the Royal Society, 15 January 1852, AP/33/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_33_14/unpublished-letter-regarding-polarised-light-from-wilhelm-haidinger-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 12 April 2026
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Archived papers: volume 33, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1849-1852
1849-1852 Reference number: AP/33
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