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title: Newton's Prism
author: Marcellus Wallace
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17903/newtons-prism/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 2023-09-18
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# Newton's Prism
_Authored by Marcellus Wallace_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/17903.png)
## Image Caption
Two prisms illustrating the discovery by [Isaac Newton](https://www.worldhistory.org/Isaac_Newton/) (1642-1727) that a single beam of white light could be split into a spectrum of colours, each colour being refracted at a slightly different angle from the other.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Wallace, M. (2023, September 18). Newton's Prism. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Wallace, Marcellus. "Newton's Prism." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 18, 2023. .
### MLA
Wallace, Marcellus. "Newton's Prism." *World History Encyclopedia*, 18 Sep 2023, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prism.png) by [**Marcellus Wallace**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prism.png). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 18 September 2023. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.