About William Nicol

William Nicol FRSE FCS 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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Occupation: physicist, geologist
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: April 18, 1770
Died: September 2, 1851

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William Nicol

Scottish geologist and physicist (1770-1851)

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