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Past exam of the medicine course of the University of Oxford 1864 First examination Physics 9 by
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Original question.
Describe the decomposition of light by a prism. What are Fraunhofer's lines ; what is their use in the construction of optical instruments, and what is the physical explanation of their existence ?
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