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The Microscope as a Refractometer

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I HAD no idea that the short paper you did me the honour to print on this subject would have led any one to suppose that a claim was made for the discovery of a new principle in physics, or that the microscope was to be used for the first time in questions on refraction.

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THOMPSON, G. The Microscope as a Refractometer. Nature 34, 217 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034217c0

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