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    Joseph Ritter von Fraunhofer (/ˈfraʊnˌhoʊfər/; German: [ˈfraʊnˌhoːfɐ]; 6 March 1787 – 7 June 1826) was a German physicist and optical lens manufacturer...
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    the solar photosphere. The lines are named after German physicist Joseph von Fraunhofer, who observed them in 1814. In 1802, English chemist William Hyde...
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  • Fresnel diffraction equation. The equation was named in honor of Joseph von Fraunhofer although he was not actually involved in the development of the...
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  • government-sponsored projects or from industry. It is named after Joseph von Fraunhofer who, as a scientist, an engineer, and an entrepreneur, is said to...
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  • Look up Fraunhofer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fraunhofer may refer to: Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826), German physicist Fraunhofer (crater)...
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  • The Fraunhofer distance, named after Joseph von Fraunhofer, is the value of: d = 2 D 2 λ , {\displaystyle d={{2D^{2}} \over {\lambda }},} where D is the...
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  • focal plane of an imaging lens. The equation was named in honour of Joseph von Fraunhofer although he was not actually involved in the development of the...
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    and rocket pioneer Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826), physicist known for discovering the dark absorption lines known as Fraunhofer lines in the sun's...
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    the life of Joseph von Fraunhofer, a 14-year-old orphan apprentice. Max Joseph donated books and directed the glassmaker to give Fraunhofer time to study...
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    Great Refractor, also known as the Fraunhofer 9-inch. The 9-Paris inch diameter lens was made by Joseph von Fraunhofer, which works out to about 24.4 centimetres...
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    colors that combine to form white light. During the early 1800s, Joseph von Fraunhofer conducted experiments with dispersive spectrometers that enabled...
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    Cygni, and he used a 160-millimetre (6.2 in) heliometre designed by Joseph von Fraunhofer. The largest unit for expressing distances across space at that...
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    technology to his apprentice Joseph von Fraunhofer, who further developed this technology and also developed the Fraunhofer doublet lens design. The breakthrough...
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    of new technology, including the spectroscope and photography. Joseph von Fraunhofer discovered about 600 bands in the spectrum of the Sun in 1814–15...
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  • as the voice of William Herschel Oliver Vaquer as the voice of Joseph von Fraunhofer Julie Wittner as the voice of Sarah Faraday Marc Worden as the voice...
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    refracting telescope with an aperture of 23 cm (about 9 inches) made by Joseph von Fraunhofer, said to be a masterpiece of optical and mechanical quality. With...
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    June 5 – Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (b. 1786) June 7 – Joseph von Fraunhofer, German optician (b. 1787) July 4 John Adams, 90, 2nd President...
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  • James Franck Moritz Ludwig Frankenheim Rudolph Franz Walter Franz Joseph von Fraunhofer Theodoric of Freiberg Benedict Friedlaender Harald Friedrich Harald...
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  • ionized calcium known as "H" (the original designation given by Joseph von Fraunhofer). H-epsilon is separated by 0.16 nm from Ca II H at 396.847 nm,...
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    possible to see astronomical objects in other wavelengths of light. Joseph von Fraunhofer and Angelo Secchi pioneered the field of spectroscopy, which allowed...
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    called astrophysics, began to emerge when William Hyde Wollaston and Joseph von Fraunhofer independently discovered that, when decomposing the light from the...
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    February 23 – Emma Willard, American educator (d. 1870) March 6 – Joseph von Fraunhofer, German optician (d. 1826) March 9 – Josephine Kablick, Czech botanist...
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    star systems. The science of stellar spectroscopy was pioneered by Joseph von Fraunhofer and Angelo Secchi. By comparing the spectra of stars such as Sirius...
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  • lines and attempts to describe the phenomenon, most notably by Joseph von Fraunhofer. The study of these lines led to the Bohr atom model and to the...
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    a series of photodetectors realised on a single nanostructure. Joseph von Fraunhofer developed the first modern spectroscope by combining a prism, diffraction...
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    Rittenhouse made the first engineered diffraction grating. In 1821 Joseph von Fraunhofer solidified this significant experimental leap of replacing a prism...
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    threaded screws. This was similar to notable German physicist Joseph von Fraunhofer's wire diffraction grating in 1821. The principles of diffraction...
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    worked in Munich, including Alois Senefelder, Joseph von Fraunhofer, Justus von Liebig, Georg Ohm, Carl von Linde, Rudolf Diesel, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen...
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    Sun; Joseph von Fraunhofer recorded more than 600 absorption lines in the spectrum, the strongest of which are still often referred to as Fraunhofer lines...
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    Conrad Röntgen, Werner Heisenberg, Adam Ries, Joseph von Fraunhofer, Georg Ohm, Johannes Stark, Carl von Linde, Ludwig Prandtl, Rudolf Mössbauer, Lothar...
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