Étienne-Louis Malus (/ˈɛt.i.ɛn ˈluː.i məˈluːs/; French: [e.tjɛn.lwi ma.lys]; 23 July 1775 – 23 February 1812) was a French officer, engineer, physicist...
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The Malus-Dupin theorem is a theorem in geometrical optics discovered by Étienne-Louis Malus in 1808 and clarified by Charles Dupin in 1822. Hamilton proved...
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Plane of polarization (section Malus's choice)
the two conventions are contradictory. As originally defined by Étienne-Louis Malus in 1811, the plane of polarization coincided (although this was not...
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Polarizer (redirect from Malus' Law)
medium behaves like a metal (reflective). Malus' law (/məˈluːs/), which is named after Étienne-Louis Malus, says that when a perfect polarizer is placed...
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1807, Laplace's theory was tested experimentally by his protégé, Étienne-Louis Malus. Taking Laplace's formula for the refractive index as given, and...
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reflection from a surface at a particular angle was first observed by Étienne-Louis Malus in 1808. He attempted to relate the polarizing angle to the refractive...
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UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for French physicist Étienne-Louis Malus, who discovered the polarization of light by reflection, a fact subsequently...
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known as polarising filters or simply "polarisers". Malus' law, which is named after Étienne-Louis Malus, says that when a perfect polariser is placed in...
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Bonus–malus, a scheme of reward and punishment Malus (constellation), an asterism that was part of the Argo Navis constellation Étienne-Louis Malus (1775–1812)...
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electrochemistry. 1808 – Étienne-Louis Malus discovers polarization by reflection 1809 – Étienne-Louis Malus publishes the law of Malus which predicts the light...
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Michael W. (February 2011). "Pioneers in Optics: Leonhard Euler and Étienne-Louis Malus". Microscopy Today. 19 (2): 52–54. doi:10.1017/s1551929511000046...
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copper calorimeter. He worked with Étienne-Louis Malus on polarization (of infrared and ultraviolet), which Malus later became famous for. He provided...
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time qualitatively explained by Newton using the particle theory. Étienne-Louis Malus in 1810 created a mathematical particle theory of polarization. Jean-Baptiste...
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time qualitatively explained by Newton using the particle theory. Étienne-Louis Malus in 1810 created a mathematical particle theory of polarization. Jean-Baptiste...
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method can be used to solve multiple-surface problems. In 1808, Étienne-Louis Malus discovered that when a ray of light was reflected off a non-metallic...
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By 1845, it was known through the work of Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Étienne-Louis Malus, and others that different materials are able to modify the direction...
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DELAMBRE Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre astronomer NE06 MALUS Étienne-Louis Malus physicist NE07 BREGUET Louis Breguet physicist and inventor NE08 POLONCEAU Camille...
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the sample. Polarization by reflection was discovered in 1808 by Étienne-Louis Malus (1775–1812). The ratio, the purity, and the concentration of two...
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archive. "Étienne-Louis Malus". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. "Benoit Mandelbrot". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. "Claude Louis Marie...
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phenomenon was observed in the early 1800s by the mathematician Étienne-Louis Malus, after whom Malus's law is named. Polarizing sunglasses exploit this effect...
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unprecedented accuracy, by Étienne-Louis Malus, and found to be consistent with Huygens's spheroid construction, not Newton's "Rule". Malus, encouraged by Pierre-Simon...
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mineral order when needed. As early as 1808, the French physicist Étienne Louis Malus discovered the refraction and polarization of light. William Nicol...
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responsible for refraction of the corpuscles of light. Laplace and Étienne-Louis Malus also showed that Huygens principle of double refraction could be...
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1809, Pierre-Simon Laplace, reporting on the work of his protégé Étienne-Louis Malus, claimed that the extraordinary refraction of calcite could be explained...
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Maahes - Ma'at - Ma3looma - Maat Kheru - Mafdet - Naguib Mahfouz - Étienne-Louis Malus - Mamluk - Manetho - Auguste Mariette - Mark the Evangelist - Gaston...
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of Jean-Augustin Fresnel, with whose history, as well as that of Étienne-Louis Malus and Thomas Young, this part of his life is closely interwoven. Shortly...
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(d. 1860) 1773 – Abraham Colles, Irish anatomist (d. 1841) 1775 – Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (d. 1812) 1777 – Philipp Otto...
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– via JSTOR. O'Connor, J. J.; Robertson, E. F. (January 1997). "Étienne Louis Malus". MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive. University of St Andrews...
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Freycinet Louis Joseph Gay-Lussac Pierre-Simon Girard Philippe LeBon Joseph Liouville Étienne-Louis Malus Pierre Méchain Charles Joseph Minard Claude-Louis Navier...
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Australia (1913–1979) Juan Martín Maldacena – Argentina (born 1968) Étienne-Louis Malus – France (1775–1812) Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam – Imperial Russia...
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