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Fraunhofer, Joseph von
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German optician, born in Straubing, Bavaria; after serving an apprenticeship as a glass-cutter in Münich, he rose to be manager of an optical institute there, and eventually attained to the position of professor in the Academy of Sciences; his name is associated with many discoveries in optical science as well as inventions and improvements in the optician's art; but he is chiefly remembered for his discovery of the dark lines in the solar spectrum, since called after him the Fraunhofer lines (1787-1826).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Fraunhofer, Joseph von'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/f/fraunhofer-joseph-von.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Fraunhofer, Joseph von'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/f/fraunhofer-joseph-von.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
