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Unpublished paper, 'An experimental verification of the sine law of Malus' by E J [Edmund Johnson] Spitta

Reference number: AP/66/17

Date: 1889

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Spitta presents a method 'based on the phenomena exhibited by polarised light under certain conditions', describing the equipment used and sharing experimental results.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Includes a diagram of Spitta's experimental apparatus.

Subject: Mathematics / Optics

Received 28 May 1889. Read 20 June 1889. Communicated by William de Wiveleslie Abney.

Mentioned as read in volume 46 of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

Reference number
AP/66/17
Earliest possible date
1889
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
14 pages
Format
Typescript

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Edmund Johnson Spitta

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Edmund Johnson Spitta, Unpublished paper, 'An experimental verification of the sine law of Malus' by E J [Edmund Johnson] Spitta, 1889, AP/66/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_66_17/unpublished-paper-an-experimental-verification-of-the-sine-law-of-malus-by-e-j-edmund-johnson-spitta, accessed on 08 February 2025

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