NATS 1745 Chapter 1: The beauty of Diagrams Newton's Prism
27 Oct 2017
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Sat under tree and it hit him on head. Light was refracting as he put needle through his eye. Goes through refraction process which is bended light. Second slit to select one colour like red. Refract red light which is further refracted by second prism. First time people realized white light is made up of multiple colours. Important for him to see things so drew diagrams. Problem he had was being believed by people. Key idea i(cid:374) scie(cid:374)ce is to reproduce others" works. His diagrams seemed like chicken scratch and hard to be recreated.
