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Who was the first scientist to use a glass prism to obtain the spectrum of sunlight?

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L. Gibson

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Answered Jan 28, 2021

The first scientist to use a glass prism to obtain the spectrum of sunlight was no other person but Isaac Newton. He was a physicist who made excellent contributions to the field of physics. Sir Isaac Newton was the first person to explain that sunlight consists of seven colors.

This explains why there are always about seven different colors whenever sunlight passes through a glass prism. These colors look similar to the ones that make up a rainbow. The spectrum of sunlight that forms when sunlight passes through a glass prism starts from colors with smaller wavelengths to longer wavelengths.

The splitting of the sunlight gives the following colors: Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red. Before this great discovery, people usually thought this was magic. Sir Isaac Newton, however, took it upon himself to find the truth behind this mystery.

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Answered Jan 22, 2021

The correct answer to this question is Newton. Many people may know him by his full name, which was Sir Issac Newton. He was born on January 4, 1643 and he was born in United Kingdom in Woolsthrope Manor House. He had many different titles, such as a theologian, mathematician, physicist, and author.

As a scientist, he had many different contributions to science. One of those includes his laws of motions, which helps explain motion and the forces that act upon an object. In total, there are three laws of motion. Newton also had another scientific law contribution, which was the law of universal gravitation.

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Answered Jan 20, 2021

The answer to this is Isaac Newton. He used to be an English mathematician, a physicist, an astronomer, author, and theologian. He did a lot of things during his time that mainly made use of his mind. He was considered to be a “natural philosopher” at that time.

The fact that he had a lot of questions prompted him to make observations and experiments that proved the different hypotheses that he created. He is considered to be one of the most popular and widely recognized scientists not only during his time but also right now in modern times. People still make use of the different laws that he created in order to explain the things that happen in everyday life.

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vratika

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Answered Sep 20, 2018

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