Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.14 $; site umn-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!waddingt From: waddingt@umn-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: History of Light and Magnetism Message-ID: <6000001@umn-cs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 5-Jul-85 00:44:00 EDT Article-I.D.: umn-cs.6000001 Posted: Fri Jul 5 00:44:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 02:05:06 EDT Lines: 17 Nf-ID: #N:umn-cs:6000001:000:535 Nf-From: umn-cs!waddingt Jul 4 23:44:00 1985 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 inhp4!unm-cs!umn-phy