A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, Vol. II (1873) - Page 27

Article		Page
788.	The specific inductive capacityNow commonly called the relative permittivity. of a dielectricAn insulating material that can be polarized by an electric field. is the square of its index of refraction	388
789.	Comparison of these quantities in the case of paraffin	388
790.	Theory of plane waves	389
791.	The electric displacement and the magnetic disturbance are in the plane of the wave-front, and perpendicular to each other	390
792.	Energy and stress during radiation	391
793.	Pressure exerted by light	391
794.	Equations of motion in a crystallized medium	392
795.	Propagation of plane waves	393
796.	Only two waves are propagated	393
797.	The theory agrees with that of FresnelAugustin-Jean Fresnel (1788–1827), a physicist who established the wave theory of light.	394
798.	Relation between electric conductivity and opacity	394
799.	Comparison with facts	395
800.	Transparent metals	395
801.	Solution of the equations when the medium is a conductor	395
802.	Case of an infinite medium, the initial state being given	396
803.	Characteristics of diffusion	397
804.	Disturbance of the electromagnetic field when a current begins to flow	397
805.	Rapid approximation to an ultimate state	398

CHAPTER XXI.

Article		Page
806.	Possible forms of the relation between magnetism and light	399
807.	The rotation of the plane of polarizationThe orientation of the oscillations of light waves. by magnetic action	400
808.	The laws of the phenomena	400
809.	Verdet's discovery of negative rotation in ferromagneticMaterials, like iron, that exhibit strong magnetic properties. media	400
810.	Rotation produced by quartz, turpentine, etc., independently of magnetism	401
811.	KinematicalRelating to the motion of objects without reference to the forces causing the motion. analysis of the phenomena	402
812.	The velocity of a circularly-polarized ray is different according to its direction of rotation	402
813.	Right and left-handed rays	403
814.	In media which of themselves have the rotatory property, the velocity is different for right and left-handed configurations	403
815.	In media acted on by magnetism, the velocity is different for opposite directions of rotation	404
816.	The luminiferousLight-bearing or light-producing. disturbance, mathematically considered, is a vector	404
817.	Kinematic equations of circularly-polarized light	405