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Newton's Rainbow Explanation Poster

by Science Photo Library

$44.56
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Newton's Rainbow Explanation poster by Science Photo Library. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Newton's rainbow explanation. Diagrams explaining the optics of a rainbow, by the English physicist, mathematician and astronomer Sir Isaac Newton... more
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Newton's rainbow explanation. Diagrams explaining the optics of a rainbow, by the English physicist, mathematician and astronomer Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727). The diagrams were published in his famous work Opticks (1704). The main diagram shows the refraction and reflection of sunlight (S) inside raindrops (circles). In the main rainbow (bottom, E and F) the rays are refracted twice and reflected once. In the secondary rainbow (upper, G and H) the rays are refracted twice and reflected twice. This is also shown in the surrounding diagrams. This causes the secondary rainbow to be both fainter, and have its colours reversed. This explanation dates back before Newton to Theodoric of Freiberg in 1307.
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Irina Sztukowski
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