Herapathite, or iodoquinine sulfate, is a chemical compound whose crystals are dichroic and thus can be used for polarizing light. It was discovered in...

used in mineralogy to identify minerals. In some materials, such as herapathite (iodoquinine sulfate) or Polaroid sheets, the effect is not strongly...

effect is strongly wavelength dependent and the crystal appears coloured. Herapathite is also dichroic, and is not strongly coloured, but is difficult to grow...

the chemist and William Bird Herapath, the physician who discovered herapathite. In 1847 he published an early textbook on mathematical physics. Herapath's...

Land, consists of many microscopic crystals of iodoquinine sulphate (herapathite) embedded in a transparent nitrocellulose polymer film. The needle-like...

William Bird Herapath (1820–1868), British surgeon/chemist who patented Herapathite Herapath's Journal, a 19th-century British railway journal edited by...

1868) was an English surgeon and chemist known for his discovery of Herapathite. Herapath was born in Bristol, the eldest son of William Herapath, Professor...