Frauhofer diffraction patterns generated through different apertures L Schwerd
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Frauhofer diffraction patterns generated through different apertures
Illustrations of optical phenomena: seven figures (numbered 135-141) of spectral distribution and intensity in Frauhofer patterns produced by white light shone through a variety of apertures, including circles. Plate 15 from the monograph "Die Beugungserscheinungen aus den Fundamentalgesetzen der Undulationstheorie analytisch entwickelt und in Bildern dargestellt" [Diffraction in the fundamental laws of wave theory developed analytically and presented in pictures], by Friedrich Magnus Schwerd (Mannheim, 1835). The plate is captioned in descriptive text: "Oberflõchen der durchschnitte des lichtgebirgs einer kreisrunden Oeffnung." [Surfaces of the sections of light through a circular aperture]. Inscribed lower right "lith v. L.Schwerd."
Original: lithograph . 1835
- Image reference: RS-10107
- The Royal Society
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