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BirdsFlowersWood

Robert Williams Wood

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How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers by Robert Williams Wood published by Dodd, Mead and Company 1917
Robert Williams Wood

Robert Williams Wood

Robert Williams Wood was an American physicist and inventor who made pivotal contributions to the field of optics. He pioneered infrared and ultraviolet photography. Wood's patents and theoretical work inform modern understanding of the physics of ultraviolet light, and made possible myriad uses of UV fluorescence, which became popular after World War I. He published many articles on spectroscopy, phosphorescence, diffraction, and ultraviolet light.

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