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Plate XIII: Decomposition of Light/Structure of the Solar Rays

  • 1856

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Color plate depicts the decomposition structure of solar rays. Light passes through a prism illustrating the color composition of solar rays.

This plate comes from the Chemical Atlas; or, The Chemistry of Familiar Objects authored by American scientific writer, editor and lecturer Edward Livingston Youmans (1821-1887). Popularizing science, Youmans founded Popular Science magazine.

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Youmans, Edward Livingston. “Plate XIII: Decomposition of Light/Structure of the Solar Rays.” In Chemical Atlas; or, The Chemistry of Familiar Objects. New York, New York, 1856. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/hnx0bj9.

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