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  1. William Herschel and the discovery of infra-red radiation. Physics Narrative for 14-16. In 1800, William Herschel published a series of papers describing experiments which led him to identify infra-red radiation, a form of radiation beyond the red end of the spectrum of visible light.

  2. Astronomy. Double stars. Uranus. Deep sky surveys. Works with his sister Caroline Herschel. Herschel's telescopes. 40-foot telescope. Reconstruction of the 20-foot telescope. Life on other celestial bodies. Sunspots, climate and wheat yields. Further discoveries. Discovery of infrared radiation in sunlight. Biology. Family and death. Memorial.

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  4. discovered by the famous astronomer Sir Frederick William Herschel. BACKGROUND: Herschel discovered the existence of infrared light by passing sunlight through a glass prism in an experiment similar to the one we describe here. As sunlight passed through the prism, it was dispersed into a rainbow of colors called a spectrum. A spectrum contains ...

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  5. Aug 2, 2013 · What Herschel had discovered was a form of light (or radiation) beyond red light, now known as infrared radiation. Herschel's experiment was important because it marked the first time that someone demonstrated that there were types of light that we cannot see with our eyes. Beyond the Infrared.

  6. Infrared radiation was discovered by William Herschel in 1800. He was studying the heating effect of different colours of light by using a prism to produce a spectrum of colours and thermometers to measure their heating effect. He noticed that the heating effect got stronger as he went from the blue end of the spectrum to the red.

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  7. William Herschel was one of the first 'professional' astronomers, and discovered infrared radiation. His sister Caroline helped him to develop the modern mathematical approach to astronomy. William, son of a musician, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1738.

  8. Jul 20, 2020 · Science & Technology. herschel. Seeing with infrared eyes: a brief history of infrared astronomy. The study of celestial infrared radiation is an essential component of modern astronomy, providing knowledge of the Universe that is impossible to learn in any other way. William Herschel, 1738 - 1822. Credit: Royal Astronomical Society.

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