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The Origin of Optical Rotatory Power

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PROF. MAX BORN'S paper on the “Theory of Optical Rotatory Power”, which was read at the Royal Society on February 7 and is published in the Proceedings for May 1, 1935, is of first class interest and importance, since it provides an adequate solution of one of the most difficult problems in optics.

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Lowry, T. The Origin of Optical Rotatory Power. Nature 136, 191–192 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136191a0

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