An engraving depicting a demonstration of how white light is broken down into the spectrum and can be reconstructed into white light. Pencil of sunlight (left) passed through the prism and was thrown into a double convex lens with a card at the focus to observe spectrum. When the card is removed and the point the white light is displayed on the screen (right). Dated 19th century

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Caption: An engraving depicting a demonstration of how white light is broken down into the spectrum and can be reconstructed into white light. Pencil of sunlight (left) passed through the prism and was thrown into a double convex lens with a card at the focus to observe spectrum. When the card is removed and the point the white light is displayed on the screen (right). Dated 19th century

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Image size: 4593 × 4565 px | 60.0 MB

Print size: 38.9 × 38.7 cm | 1808.3 × 1797.2 in (300 dpi)

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