Newton's Wheel

Institution

Ajuntament de Girona

Object description:

Newton's Wheel. An apparatus conceived by Isaac Newton to create white light using the colours of the spectrum. It consisted of a circular support with bands from the centre to the exterior of the colours of the rainbow. When it was rotated white colour appeared due to the persistence of vision that ended up superimposing all of the colours in the retina.

Object/Work type:

Newton's rings

Location:

Gerona - Spain

Object measurements:

34 x 33,5 x 28,5 cm

Production

Newton, Isaac (inventor)

Date: 19th century

Subject/theme:

toys, visual arts

Resource

Rights Type: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ 

Date Taken: 1996

Record

Rights Type: CC0

Source: Ajuntament de Girona

Identifier: MC-MP00879