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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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Fraunhofer's 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)
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