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Image number: RS.10065
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Spectra from light shone through prisms
Date
1817
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X69/15
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 250mm
width (print): 195mm
width (print): 195mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Optical diagrams showing light shone through prisms and the resulting spectral patterns. Four figures numbered 5a-5b and 6a-6b.
Plate 5 from the monograph “Merkwurdige phanomene an und durch verschiedene prismen: zur richtigen wurdigung der Newton'schen und der von Gothe'schen farbenlehre”, [Remarkable phenomena at and through different prisms to correct Newton’s and Goethe’s theories of colours] by Johann Friedrich Christian Werneburg (Nuremberg, 1817). Engraved top right “Tabula 5”
J F C Werneburg (1777-1851) was a Professor at the University of Jena.
Plate 5 from the monograph “Merkwurdige phanomene an und durch verschiedene prismen: zur richtigen wurdigung der Newton'schen und der von Gothe'schen farbenlehre”, [Remarkable phenomena at and through different prisms to correct Newton’s and Goethe’s theories of colours] by Johann Friedrich Christian Werneburg (Nuremberg, 1817). Engraved top right “Tabula 5”
J F C Werneburg (1777-1851) was a Professor at the University of Jena.
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