William Nicol

Physicist, Deceased Person

1770 – 1851

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Who was William Nicol?

William Nicol FRSE was a Scottish geologist and physicist who invented the Nicol prism, the first device for obtaining plane-polarized light, in 1828.

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Born
1770
East Lothian
Nationality
  • Scotland
Profession
Died
Sep 2, 1851
Edinburgh

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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