Abstract
When a beam of white light passes through a prism, it is both deviated from its original direction, and dispersed into a coloured spectrum, as shown in Fig. 41.
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Geddes, S.M. (1981). Refraction through a prism. In: Advanced Physics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04806-9_10
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