MCQ
Bartholinus discovered:
- AInterference by splitting the wave front
- BPolarisation by reflection
- CPolarisation by refraction
- DPolarisation by double refraction
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Answer
- Polarisation by double refraction
Explanation:
In 1669, another Danish scientist, Erasmus Bartholinus discovered the polarization of light by double refraction in Iceland spar (calcite).
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