Image:Young Diffraction.png

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Thomas Young's sketch of two-slit diffraction of light. Narrow slits at A and B act as sources, and waves interfering in various phases are shown at C, D, E, and F. Young presented the results of this experiment to the Royal Society in 1803.

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  • (del) (cur) 16:03, 4 June 2006 . . Dicklyon ( Talk | contribs) . . 695×348 (162,973 bytes) (new cropped version of same scan of Thomas Young's diffraction pattern sketch {{pd-old}})
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