Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.21980

    Spectra

    Date
    1903
    Creator
    Unknown, Lithographer
    After
    Albert Abraham Michelson (1852 - 1931) , Physicist
    Object type
    Library reference
    13359
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 222mm
    width (print): 135mm
    Subject
    Physics
       > Optics
    Description
    Four diagrams showing the spectrum of light produced with an electric arc (figure 1) against the solar spectrum with Fraunhofer lines (figure 2), along with the line spectra of Sodium with two yellow bands (figure 3) and an unknown substance (figure 4).

    Inscribed ‘PLATE III. 1. 2. 3. 4.’

    Plate III to Light waves and their uses by A. A. Michelson, 1903.

    Albert Abraham Michelson (1852-1931), American physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1902. He was awarded the Copley Medal in 1907 for his investigations in optics.

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