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CONTENTS. 7

On the Law of Double Refraction in Crystals with one Posi- tive Axis 132

On Crystals with two Axes of Double Refraction 133

On Crystal? with innumerable Axes of Double Refraction . . . 134 On Bodies to which Double Refraction may be communicated

by Heat, rapid Cooling, Pressure, and Induration 135

On Substances with Circular Double Refraction 136

chap. XVIII.

On the Polarization of Light 137

On the Polarization of Light by Double Refraction 138

CHAP. XIX.

On the Polarization of Light by Reflexion 142

On the Law of the Polarization of Light by Reflexion 146

On the partial Polarization of Light by Reflexion 149

CHAP. XX. On the Polarization of Light by ordinary Refraction 152

CHAP. XXI. On the Colors of Crystallized Plates in Polarized Light 157

CHAP. XXII.

On the System of Colored Rings in Crystals with one Axis 165

Polarizing Intensities of Crystals with one Axis 172

chap. xxni.

On the Systems of Colored Rings in Crystals with two Axes ib.

Polarizing Intensities of Crystals with two Axes 179

CHAP. XXIV. Interference of Polarized Light.— On the Cause of the Colors of

Crystallized Bodies l0-

CHAP. XXV On the Polarizing Structure of Analcime 183

CHAP. XXVI.

On Circular Polarization ^

Circular Polarization in Fluids lb8

Crystals which turn the Planes from Right to Left lb.

Crystals which turn the Planes from Left to Right ib.

CHAP. XXVII. On Elliptical Polarization, and on the Action of Metals upon Light 190

On Elliptical Polarization 191

Order in which the Metals polarize most Light in the Plane

of Reflexion lb-