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General and practical optics (1920)

Laurence, Lionel · London, School of Optics · leaf 223

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ium of which the prismis formed, with the angle of the prism, and with the angle of incidence of thelight. The Refraction Spectrum.—The source should be the sun or a brightartificial luminant and the light should be admitted through a small horizontal CHROMATIC ABERRATION 211 aperture A (Fig. 223),… … Fig. 223. The resultant spectrum is received on a screen, but it is impure because adja-cent colours overlap each other. If, however, an achromatic bi-convex lensL be placed close to the prism, with the aperture and screen at approximatelytwice its focal distance on either side of it, the various…

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