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Image number: RS.10106
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Frauhofer diffraction patterns generated through gratings
Date
1835
Creator
L Schwerd (German) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X72/7
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 247mm
width (print): 390mm
width (print): 390mm
Subject
Description
Illustrations of optical phenomena: four figures (numbered 131-134) of spectral distribution and intensity in Frauhofer patterns produced by white light shone through gratings.
Plate 14 from the monograph “Die Beugungserscheinungen aus den Fundamentalgesetzen der Undulationstheorie analytisch entwickelt und in Bildern dargestellt” [Diffraction in the fundamental laws of wave theory developed analytically and presented in pictures], by Friedrich Magnus Schwerd (Mannheim, 1835).
The plate is captioned in descriptive text: “Lichtflachen d[urch] ein Stabgitter” [Light surfaces through a bar grating]. Inscribed lower right “lith v. L.Schwerd.”
Plate 14 from the monograph “Die Beugungserscheinungen aus den Fundamentalgesetzen der Undulationstheorie analytisch entwickelt und in Bildern dargestellt” [Diffraction in the fundamental laws of wave theory developed analytically and presented in pictures], by Friedrich Magnus Schwerd (Mannheim, 1835).
The plate is captioned in descriptive text: “Lichtflachen d[urch] ein Stabgitter” [Light surfaces through a bar grating]. Inscribed lower right “lith v. L.Schwerd.”
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