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