Explore the multifaceted concept of the prism, illustrating how it reflects the interplay between perception, light, and ...

COMPOUND PRISM OF UNIFORM DISPERSION.—Messrs. C. G. Abbot and F. E. Fowle, of the Astrophysical Observatory at the Smithsonian Institution, have been investigating the possibility of obtaining a ...

LASER COMPONENTS produces reflection and dispersion optical prisms. With reflection prisms, total internal reflection is used to deflect beams or rotate images. Dispersion prisms in contrast are used ...

IN studying the spectra of coloured solutions and solid substances by means of the spectrum microscope, it is most important to employ prisms having a suitable amount of dispersion. It would be a very ...

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 115, No. 804 (February 2003), pp. 235-242 (8 pages) ABSTRACT We present a design for a zero‐deviation cross‐disperser to be used with ...