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  2. Polaroid (polarizer) - Wikipedia

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    Polarizing sheets are used in liquid-crystal displays, optical microscopes and sunglasses.Since Polaroid sheet is dichroic, it will absorb impinging light of one plane of polarization, so sunglasses will reduce the partially polarized light reflected from level surfaces such as windows and sheets of water, for example.

  3. Polarized 3D system - Wikipedia

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    Their Polaroid filters, stapled over rectangular openings where the headlights ought to be, were very small. [ 12 ] Cardboard glasses with earpieces and larger filters were used to watch Bwana Devil , the feature-length color 3-D film that premiered on 26 November 1952 and ignited the brief but intense 3-D fad of the 1950s.

  4. Herapathite - Wikipedia

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    Herapathite, or iodoquinine sulfate, is a chemical compound whose crystals are dichroic and thus can be used for polarizing light. It was discovered in 1852 [1] by William Bird Herapath, a Bristol surgeon and chemist. One of his pupils found that adding iodine to the urine of a dog that had been fed quinine produced unusual green

  5. Dichroism - Wikipedia

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    Dichroism, in the second meaning above, occurs in liquid crystals due to either the optical anisotropy of the molecular structure or the presence of impurities or the presence of dichroic dyes. The latter is also called a guest–host effect .

  6. 50 Of The Most Fascinating, Stunning And Dangerous Natural ...

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    Image credits: Ross Burgener Meanwhile, for Dr. Brandon, the most beautiful natural phenomenon is the northern lights, whereas the most fascinating is the diel vertical migration.

  7. Polarizer - Wikipedia

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    However, this crystal is seldom used as a polarizer, since the dichroic effect is strongly wavelength dependent and the crystal appears coloured. Herapathite is also dichroic, and is not strongly coloured, but is difficult to grow in large crystals. A Polaroid polarizing filter functions similarly on an atomic scale to the wire-grid polarizer ...

  8. Why Did Jeffrey Dahmer Take Polaroid Photos of His Victims ...

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    In 1991, police discovered Jeffrey Dahmer had 84 polaroid photos depicting 17 murders he committed between 1978 to 1991. The act is shown in 'Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story' on Netflix.

  9. Iceland spar - Wikipedia

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    Iceland spar, formerly called Iceland crystal (Icelandic: silfurberg [ˈsɪlvʏrˌpɛrk], lit. ' silver-rock ' ) and also called optical calcite , is a transparent variety of calcite , or crystallized calcium carbonate , originally brought from Iceland , and used in demonstrating the polarization of light .