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Applications of Multiple-Beam Interferometry

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TWO recent communications on applications of multiple-beam interferometry, one by Bruce1, the other by Bruce, Macinante and Kelly2, call for critical comment.

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TOLANSKY, S. Applications of Multiple-Beam Interferometry. Nature 167, 815–816 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167815b0

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