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Double Refraction

Name: Double Refraction – Denmark factsheet records
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Denmark · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1669Date range

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1669

Rasmus Bartholin1669

Copenhagen · Science / Physics

Publishes observations of double refraction in Iceland spar.

Names involved

Rasmus Bartholin

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