![In 1800 astronomer William Herschel, out of curiosity, used a prism and placed a thermometer on each color of the spectrum to see if there was a difference. He had an extra one lying just next to red and noticed a spike in temperature thus discovering ... In 1800 astronomer William Herschel, out of curiosity, used a prism and placed a thermometer on each color of the spectrum to see if there was a difference. He had an extra one lying just next to red and noticed a spike in temperature thus discovering ...](https://preview.redd.it/su3g24ph5gz71.jpg?auto=webp&s=b403b7b9276cbc21c83ab77922f5f51524bddc66)
In 1800 astronomer William Herschel, out of curiosity, used a prism and placed a thermometer on each color of the spectrum to see if there was a difference. He had an extra one lying just next to red and noticed a spike in temperature thus discovering ...
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Herschel Infrared Light Experiments Photograph by Royal Astronomical Society/science Photo Library - Fine Art America
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