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a₁ amplitudes angle of polarization assumption axis boundary conditions BREWSTER'S LAW corresponds to Fresnel's crystalline medium denoting density deviations dielectric displacement differential equations direction cosines E₁ elastic theory electric force electromagnetic theory electrostatic En)n equal fact formulæ Fresnel's equation Fresnel's formula Fresnel's light-vector Fresnelian equation Green's æther Green's theory incident light interface isotropic media K₁ K₂ light polarized linear vector operator longitudinal waves Lord Rayleigh M₁ magnetic force Maxwell Maxwell's equations n₁ normal optical axes ordinary scalar oscillations P₁ permittivity Phil plane of incidence plane of polarization plane waves principal axes principal electrical axes purely transversal reader rectilinearly reflection and refraction refracted ray refracted wave Refraction of Light refractive index second medium sin² small number tangential component theory of light thinner medium tions TOTAL REFLECTION transition layer UNIAXIAL CRYSTALS v₁² v₂² velocity of propagation vibrations wave-normal wave-plane Z₁ дм дх
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Page 1 - ... v," and which is the ratio of the electromagnetic unit of electric charge to the electrostatic unit. The measurement of the same electrical quantity on the two systems of units will enable us to find
Page 29 - In the preceding section we saw that light polarized perpendicularly to the plane of incidence is not reflected at all when a becomes equal to the polarization angle a0 = arc tan n.
Page 26 - The electromagnetic theory of light has thus united in itself, as far at least as reflection and refraction are concerned...
Page 2 - Maxwell has arrived at the capital conclusion that " the velocity of propagation in air [or in vacuo] is numerically equal to the number of electrostatic units contained in an electromagnetic unit of electric charge ". The dimensions of this " number " c, or ratio of units, are obviously those of a velocity.
Page 4 - Werke, under the title, Untersuchungen fiber die Ausbreitung der elektrischen Kraft ; Leipzig, 1892.
Page 10 - ... are the direction cosines of the wave normal with respect to the principal rigidity axes.) Thus far the propagation of light in a crystalline medium.