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From: waddingt@umn-cs.UUCP
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Subject: History of Light and Magnetism
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Date: Fri, 5-Jul-85 00:44:00 EDT
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On magnetism and light; History of,

I just tryed to find my notes on this but .......

Well from memory:
	Faraday was the first to show a relationship between magnetism
and light. In his experiment he showed that a magnetic field can rotate
a beam of polarized light. The work was done some time around the 1840's after 
his work on magnetic induction. 
	That's all I can contribute from memory. Perhaps someone can give
an explanation for the effect.

					Paul Fink
					Cosmic Ray Lab
					U of Minnesota
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