TABLES 182-1 84.-THE REFLECTION OF LIGHT. 



According to Fresnel the amount of light reflected by the surface of a transparent medium 

 = \(A + B) = \\ ^j;~^| + ^j;'"^ \lA\B the amount polarized in the plane of inci- 

 dence ; B is that polarized perpendicular to this ; i and r are the angles of incidence and refraction. 

 TABLE 182. -Light reflected when / or Incident Light Is Normal to Surface. 



TABLE 183. Light reflected when n Is near Unity or equals 1 + dn. 



TABLE 184. Light reflected when n = 1.55. 



Angle of total polarization = 57 io'.3, A = 16.99. 



* This column gives the degree of polarization. t Columns 5 and 6 furnish a means of 



determining A and B for other values of . They represent the change in these quantities for a change of of 0.01. 



Taken from E. C. Pickering's " Applications of Fresnel's Formula for the Reflection of Light." 

 SMITHSONIAN TABLES. 



