Prism
part · 1666 · Early modern era
A glass body that splits light into a spectrum (Newton).
Principles and materials it uses
- Dispersion of light — uses. Different colours are refracted differently.
- Glass — is made of. Glass.
Where it is used
- Spectroscope — is part of. A prism.
- Binoculars — is part of. Porro prisms flip the image.
- Corpuscular and wave optics — is used in. Newton’s experiments with a prism.