Kathy Loves Physics & History | Faraday Cage Experiment #shorts @Kathy_Loves_Physics | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 3 hours ago
Learn more about the Physics of the Faraday Cage on my regular channel.
Learn more about the Physics of the Faraday Cage on my regular channel.
![Joseph Fraunhofer Biography: The Father of Modern Astronomy [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d0cjG1UdqKo/hqdefault.jpg "Joseph Fraunhofer Biography: The Father of Modern Astronomy [CC]
How did Joseph Fraunhofer, a poor glassmaker, get saved from poverty by a prince and then discover spectroscopy (Fraunhofer lines), single slit diffraction AND the diffraction grating? I use primary sources to discover the background and the physics of this epoch making discovery.
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Fraunhofers work is translated and found in Prismatic and Diffraction Spectra, Memoirs (1899)
The date of the accident and the death of his family members is from Memoir of the life of Joseph Fraunhofer found in The Franklin Institute Journal of the Franklin Institute Vol. 8 (1829) Elsevier p. 97
Wollaston, W A Method of examining refractive and dispersive Powers, by prismatic Reflection (June 24, 1802) Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Vol. 92 p. 378
Also, check out:
Jackson, Myles Spectrum of Belief (2000) p. 1-5
King, H The History of the Telescope (2003) p. 177-8
Band, J. C. D. Lines of Light (2017)")
