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Index of Refraction in Crown Glass1

1.532
1.528
1.519
1.517
1.514
1.513

Angle in Glass for a 45o angle in air

27.488o
27.566o
27.743o
27.783
27.843o
27.863o

1 index of refraction data taken from Haber-Schaim, et. al., PSSC Physics, Fifth Edition, DC Heath & Co., p. 408


last update December 8, 1998 by JL Stanbrough