Theory of the rainbow
Date
1810
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
40467
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 237mm
width (print): 190mm
width (print): 190mm
Subject
Description
Optical diagram of Antonius de Dominis’s theory of the rainbow, showing the refraction of light through a water droplet.
Inscribed ‘XV. Antonius de Dominis.’
Plate 15 to Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of colours) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Tubingen, 1810).
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a German poet, novelist and scientist.
Marco Antonio de Dominis (1566-1624) was a Yugoslavian mathematician who developed a theory of rainbows.
Inscribed ‘XV. Antonius de Dominis.’
Plate 15 to Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of colours) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Tubingen, 1810).
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a German poet, novelist and scientist.
Marco Antonio de Dominis (1566-1624) was a Yugoslavian mathematician who developed a theory of rainbows.