Spectrum decoration
Date
1870
Creator - Organisation
Macmillan and Company, Publisher
Material
Dimensions
height (object): 228mm
width (object): 150mm
width (object): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Decorative book cover design featuring Fraunhofer absorption lines on a light spectrum. The spectrum is shown within an arched border above and below which is a sun and globe respectively, and four stars, possibly intended to represent the Southern Cross.
Front cover of the book Spectrum analysis by Henry E. Roscoe, second edition (Macmillan and Co., London, 1870).
This cover appears on all of the early editions of Roscoe’s book is based upon plate illustrations within the main body of the book.
Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833-1915) British chemist and university administrator was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1863.
Front cover of the book Spectrum analysis by Henry E. Roscoe, second edition (Macmillan and Co., London, 1870).
This cover appears on all of the early editions of Roscoe’s book is based upon plate illustrations within the main body of the book.
Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833-1915) British chemist and university administrator was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1863.
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