The probable usefulness of polarized light, in conjunction with the mechanical framework of a two-circle goniometer has recently occurred to the author when faced with the problem of obtaining the crystallographic orientation of synthetic corundum boules. This note describes the method used to obtain the desired polarization of light and the procedures followed to obtain the optical orientation.

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