APR 01, 1949
From Newton’s curiosity concerning the “phenomenon of colors” there grew spectroscopy, till just lately the physicist’s prime software for exploring atomic construction, and now of ever rising usefulness to trade.
Spectroscopy has supplied not solely the data however the inspiration for a number of the most placing advances within the information of the character of matter and of the construction of the atom and the molecule. Very early the spectrum stimulated the minds and the creativeness of males; and spectroscopic analysis is without doubt one of the keys which has unlocked the secrets and techniques of the universe.
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Ralph A. Sawyer,
University of Michigan.
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