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optics

In lieu of reddening, he oranges

1.

“The Tyndall effect in opalescent glass: it appears blue from the side, but orange light shines through.” Wikipedia, “Tyndall Scattering”; https://www.flickr.com/photos/50206319@N00/112909824

2.

June 14, 2025 jonathanmorse
cateyelightoptics

A general philosophical instrument of universal application

 

The theory:

David Brewster, A Treatise on the Kaleidoscope, Edinburgh, 1819. https://archive.org/details/b29295440/mode/2up

 

The actuality in advance of the theory:

August 6, 2021 jonathanmorse
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Diffract


Thomas Eakins, Professor Henry A. Rowland

March 29, 2014May 16, 2018 jonathanmorse
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