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The Relation between Refractive Index and Density

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

D. Burnett
D. Burnett
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Clare College
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Varying ideas of the mechanism of the propagation of light and of the constitution of matter have led at different times to different formulae for the dependence of the refractive index n of a medium on its density ρ, notably those of Laplace, , and of Lorenz and Lorentz, . Recently Macdonald has given a theory which seems more in accord with the modern concept of atomic structure and finds a formula for a non-magnetic medium. It has therefore seemed worth while to examine a number of experimental results to see whether this new formula gives as satisfactory agreement as that of Lorenz and Lorentz; it is found that it does in most cases, and is occasionally the better.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 23 , Issue 8 , October 1927 , pp. 907 - 911
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1927

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