Thomas Young (1773-1829), Thin films illustrated by soap bubble, 1872. Artist: Unknown

Thomas Young (1773-1829), Thin films illustrated by soap bubble, 1872. Artist: Unknown

1-158-014 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Thin films illustrated by a soap bubble. Surface tension of soapy water allows bubbles to form. Thomas Young (1773-1829) used his Wave (Undulatory) theory of light to explain colours of thin films, 1872.


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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Thomas Young: British: egyptologist, physicist

Medium
  1. Chromolithograph

Picture Type
  1. Object

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3281x5324
File Size : 51,176kb


Aliases

  1. 006240
  1. 006240
  1. 0460000450
  1. 1-158-014
  1. 1158014
  1. 450

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