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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. Herschel pioneered the use of astronomical spectrophotometry, using prisms and temperature measuring equipment to measure the wavelength distribution of stellar spectra. In the course of these investigations, Herschel discovered infrared radiation. [6]

  3. 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.

  4. 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 all the visible colors that make up sunlight.

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  5. 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. Dec 5, 2023 · William Herschel and the discovery of infrared radiation. What Is Infrared Radiation? Infrared radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the range from about 1 micrometer (μm) to 1 millimeter (mm). This radiation, invisible to the unaided eye, has wavelengths slightly longer than those of visible light waves.

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