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Image number: RS.10107
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Frauhofer diffraction patterns generated through different apertures
Date
1835
Creator
L Schwerd (German) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X72/7
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 247mm
width (print): 393mm
width (print): 393mm
Subject
Description
Illustrations of optical phenomena: seven figures (numbered 135-141) of spectral distribution and intensity in Frauhofer patterns produced by white light shone through a variety of apertures, including circles.
Plate 15 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: “Oberflächen der durchschnitte des lichtgebirgs einer kreisrunden Oeffnung.” [Surfaces of the sections of light through a circular aperture]. Inscribed lower right “lith v. L.Schwerd.”
Plate 15 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: “Oberflächen der durchschnitte des lichtgebirgs einer kreisrunden Oeffnung.” [Surfaces of the sections of light through a circular aperture]. Inscribed lower right “lith v. L.Schwerd.”
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