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William Nicol | |
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| Born | 1768 |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Known for | invented the Nicol prism, the first device for obtaining plane polarized light |
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William Nicol FRSE FCS (1768? – 2 September 1851) was a Scottish geologist and physicist who invented the Nicol prism, the first device for obtaining plane-polarized light, in 1828.