Title: An introduction to the methods of optical crystallography.
Authors: Bloss, F. Donald 1920-
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Year: 1961
Subjects: Crystallography.
Abstract: Describes basic techniques for determining the optical constants of crystals, using only a polarizing microscope and immersion media. For beginning students in optical crystallography.
Contents: Light and related phenomena -- Light in isotropic media -- Lenses and the compound microscope -- The polarizing microscope -- Optical examination of isotropic substances -- Optical indicatrices and ellipses -- The interference of light -- Optical examination of uniaxial crystals -- Biaxial crystals -- Optical examination of biaxial crystals -- Solution of optical problems by use of projections.