Annotated list of references on Iceland spar and polarized light

• Pocklington H.C. (1901) On rotatory polarization in biaxial crystals. Phil. Mag. 2,
361-370.
• Pogány B. (1916) Über spezifischen Widerstand und optische Konstanten dünner
Metallschichten. Ann. Phys. 49, 531-568.
• Pohl J.J. (1856) Ueber die Verwendbarkeit des Mitscherlich´schen Polarisations-
Saccharimeters zu chemisch-technischen Proben. Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien
21, 492-520.
• Pohl R. and P. Pringsheim (1914) Die Lichtelektrischen Erscheinungen. Fr.
Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig, 114 p.
• Poincaré H. (1889, 1892) Théorie Mathématique de la Lumière. G. Carré, Paris, I,
408 p. and II, 310 p. Reprinted by J. Gabay 1995.
• Poisson S.D. (1829) Mémoire sur l´équilibre et le mouvement des corps
élastiques. Mém. Acad. Sci. Fr. 8, 357-570, 623-627. Extract in Ann. Chim. 37,
337-355, 1828. Large addition in J. École Polytechnique 13 (cah. 20), 1-174,
1831 (referred to by Verdet 1869 and Timoshenko 1953).
• Poisson S.D. (1830) Mémoire sur la propagation du mouvement dans les milieux
élastiques. Mém. Acad. Sci. Fr. 10, 549-605. Also in Ann. Chim. 44, 423-433.
• Poisson S.D. (1842) Mémoire sur l´équilibre et le mouvement des corps
cristallisés. Mém. de l´Institut 18, 3-152. Extract or introduction in C.R. 9, 517-
519, 1839. See also a paper on a similar topic by P.-H. Blanchet in Liouville J.
Math. 5, 1-30, 1840.
• Pollard A.F.C. (1938) Polarization <strong>of</strong> light and some technical applications.
Nature 138, 311-314.
• Pope W. J. and S.J. Peachey (1899) Asymmetric optically active nitrogen
compounds. J. Chem. Soc. Trans. 75, 1127-1131. Sur les nouveaux composés
asymétriques de l´azote obtenus par synthèse et doués du pouvoir rotatoire.
Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Fr. 129, 767-768, see also a paper by W. Marckwald
í Ber. D. Chem. Ges. 32, 3508-3510.
• Porter A.B. (1907) Catalogue D, Optical Parts. The Scientific Shop (Albert B.
Porter), Chicago, 48 p. Iceland spar preparations are on p. 36-38.
• Potter R. (1857) On the principle <strong>of</strong> Nicol´s rhomb, and on some improved forms
<strong>of</strong> rhombs for procuring beams <strong>of</strong> polarized light. Phil. Mag. 14, 452-457, more
on composite prisms in 16, 419-421, 1858.
• Powell B. (1830-31) Remarks on the alleged polarization <strong>of</strong> heat. Edinb. J. Sci. 3,
297-306. Further remarks… in 5, 206-209.
• Powell B. (1835) Abstract <strong>of</strong> M. Cauchy´s “Undulatory theory <strong>of</strong> light”. Phil.
Mag. 6, 16-25, 107-113, 189-193, 262-267. More on these matters e.g. in 12,
1856.
• Powell B. (1842) On apparatus for applying circular polarization to chemical
inquiries. British Assoc. Report 12, pt. ii, 32. More in Phil. Mag. 22, 241-245,
1843 and Ann. Phys. 59, 640-641, 1843.
• Powell B. (1843) Observations on certain cases <strong>of</strong> elliptic polarization <strong>of</strong> light by
reflection. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. 133, 35-44. More on metallic reflection in 135,
269-282, 1845.
• Poynting J.H. (1880) On a simple form <strong>of</strong> saccharimeter. Phil. Mag. 10, 18-21.
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