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William Nicol. en Escocia, 1768-Edimburgo, 1851. Físico británico de origen escocés. Profesor en la Universidad de Edimburgo, ideó un prisma de espato de Islandia (conocido como nicol o prisma de Nicol ), polarizador de la luz y analizador de la luz polarizada. Escribió Sobre la estructura microscópica de los cristales.
23 de may. de 2018 · Nicol, William. 1768 – 1851 SCOTTISH MINEROLOGIST, PHYSICIST. William Nicol (aka William Nichol) was born, lived his entire life, and died in Edinburgh, Scotland.He was considered a quiet and unassuming professor at the University at Edinburgh who had a profound effect on the forensic sciences by pioneering the production of polarized light and the creation of the Nicol prism.
22 de sept. de 2023 · Sandton’s busiest road William Nicol Drive will be renamed Winnie Mandela Drive, the City of Johannesburg said on Friday. The new name will be unveiled on Tuesday to coincide with the late ...
22 de sept. de 2023 · He says the ANC could not live with the name William Nicol being at the centre of the city following the advent of democracy. “If you know what William Nicol represented, he is one of the founders of Apartheid. Who was the administrator with the apartheid government of the Transvaal from 1948 to 1952.
26 de sept. de 2023 · The new name was unveiled at a ceremony in Sandton on Tuesday. Traffic in Johannesburg on Tuesday was free-flowing on what is now Winnie Mandela Drive. The former William Nicol Drive, one of the busiest roads in the country, was partly shut for the official renaming on what would have been Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's 87th birthday.
Dr William Nicol (1887 – 1967) was a Dutch Reformed minister who also served as an administrator in the then Transvaal Province. He played a major role in establishing Afrikaans-medium schools, and firmly believed that students should be taught in their mother tongue to reach their full learning potential.
William Nicol 1771 – 1851 Little is known about Nicol’s early life and education, other than that he was born in Humbie, near Edinburgh c. 1771. It is not until his teenage years that his life became better documented.
