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IN various notes published last year I dealt with the scattering of light in transparent media, and showed that its study initiated by the late Lord Rayleigh in his theory of the colour of the sky has other fascinating applications in the explanation of the colour of the sea and other transparent waters, and of the colour of ice on glaciers. The thermodynamic theory of “fluctuations” developed by Smoluchowski and Einstein formed the starting-point in the discussions, but I was careful to emphasise the important complications arising from the anisotrophy of the molecules in fluid media and showed how the necessary corrections in Einstein's theory may be made. A considerable measure of success was attained in attempting to correlate the behaviour of substances in the liquid and gaseous states in this respect, and in predicting the effects due to alterations of temperature and pressure. The study of the changes in the intensity and states of polarisation of the scattered light in passing from the liquid to the solid crystalline state and their explanation forms another important line of inquiry in which some progress has also been made.
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RAMAN, C. The Scattering of X-Rays in Liquids. Nature 111, 185 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111185b0
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