Optical diagrams
Date
1810
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
40467
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 237mm
width (print): 190mm
width (print): 190mm
Subject
Description
Two optical schemes illustrating the effects of refraction on defined objects. The upper diagram shows the difference between colours produced on black and white backgrounds. The lower diagram illustrates the difference of coloured boarders when using two different types of glass to refract a white square on a black background.
Inscribed ‘IV'
Plate 4 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.
Inscribed ‘IV'
Plate 4 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.