Science: Newton let sunlight pass through a glass prism in 1666…

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Did you know? Newton let sunlight pass through a glass prism in 1666 and saw a rainbow come out the other side. Until then people thought colour was "in" an object — Newton proved that white light is a mixture of all colours. He was 23 and did this at home during a plague-pandemic lockdown.

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Newton let sunlight pass through a glass prism in 1666 and saw a rainbow come out the other side. Until then people thought colour was "in" an object — Newton proved that white light is a mixture of all colours. He was 23 and did this at home during a plague-pandemic lockdown.

Newton liet in 1666 zonlicht door een glazen prisma vallen en zag een regenboog in de andere kant uitkomen. Tot dan dacht men dat kleur "in" een object zat — Newton bewees dat wit licht een mengsel is van alle kleuren. Hij was 23 en deed dit thuis tijdens een pestpandemie-lockdown.

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