Huygens principle of double refraction, named after Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens, explains the phenomenon of double refraction observed in uniaxial...

The Huygens–Fresnel principle (named after Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens and French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel) states that every point on a...

called double refraction, is the optical property of a material having a refractive index that depends on the polarization and propagation direction of light...

reflection, ordinary refraction, and the extraordinary refraction of "Iceland crystal" (calcite) – are also consequences of Fermat's principle. Let us suppose...

Huygens. Catalogue de la vente des livres de Chr. Huygens (1950). Huygens–Steiner theorem Huygens's principle Huygens's lemniscate Evolute Centre of oscillation...

responsible for refraction of the corpuscles of light. Laplace and Étienne-Louis Malus also showed that Huygens principle of double refraction could be recovered...

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December 1980). "Experimental investigations of double refraction from Huygens to Malus". Archive for History of Exact Sciences. 21 (4): 311–373. doi:10.1007/BF00595375...

magnetic vectors. The Huygens–Fresnel equation is one such model. This was derived empirically by Fresnel in 1815, based on Huygens' hypothesis that each...

investigations of double refraction from Huygens to Malus", Archive for History of Exact Sciences, 21 (4): 311–373. J.Z. Buchwald, 1989, The Rise of the Wave...

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Christiaan Huygens analyzed double refraction in his book Traité de la lumière. Huygens reasoned that the cleavage rhombohedron resulted from the stacking of spherical...

observations of the phenomenon in 1660. In classical physics, the diffraction phenomenon is described by the Huygens–Fresnel principle that treats each...

refraction) is a book written by Dutch polymath Christiaan Huygens that was published in French in 1690. The book describes Huygens's conception of the...

experiments in 1801, and François Arago's detection of the Poisson spot in 1819, validated Huygens' wave models. However, the wave model was challenged...

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theories of refraction and color, perceived that the faults of the refracting telescope were due more to a lens's varying refraction of light of different...

consisted of a synthesis of the Huygens' principle and Young's principle of interference. Poisson studied Fresnel's theory in detail and of course looked...

Christiaan Huygens, as he investigated the double refraction of "Iceland crystal" (transparent calcite, now called Iceland spar). The essence of his discovery...

generalized refraction equations for both positive and negative refraction, thus providing a clear link between diffraction theory and generalized refraction. From...

right. This change in speed upon entering a medium causes refraction, or a change in direction of waves that encounter the interface between media at an...

successfully explain refraction, reflection, rectilinear propagation and to a lesser extent diffraction, the theory would fall out of favor in the early...

(1915). Lord Rayleigh (1902). "Does Motion through the Aether cause Double Refraction?" . Philosophical Magazine. 4: 678–683. doi:10.1080/14786440209462891...

of geometry: the mathematical world of Christiaan Huygens". De Zeventiende Eeuw. Jaargang 12. Boyer, Carl B., and Uta C. Merzbach. 1968. A History of...

ISSN 2156-7093. Huygens, C. (1944), Société Hollaise des Sciences (ed.), "Discours de la Cause de la Pesanteur (1690)", Oeuvres Complètes de Christiaan Huygens, 21...

abandonment. Hooke developed the principle of the balance spring independently of Huygens and at least five years beforehand. Huygens published his own work in...

moons 1678 – Christiaan Huygens states his principle of wavefront sources and demonstrates the refraction and diffraction of light rays. 1704 – Isaac...

the particle theory of light can not satisfactorily explain refraction and diffraction. To explain refraction, Newton's Third Book of Opticks (1st ed. 1704...

beginning of crystallography as an independent discipline. In 1678 Christiaan Huygens proposed a structural explanation of the double refraction of calcite...

start, Huygens intended his clocks to be used for determination of longitude at sea. However, pendulum clocks did not tolerate the motion of a ship sufficiently...