good ol Issac not only divided light but also worked on the understanding of simple machines. The list is numerous, just go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issac_newton Ken I'm not sure, but didn't Newton discoverd the breaking of light by means of a prism? Cheers, Michiel Fokkema Shannon Stoney wrote: > Are Newton rings really named after Isaac Newton? If so, why? > > --shannon > > > On May 11, 2007, at 11:59 AM, Jim Brick wrote: > >> As I said days ago... the image looked like Isaac himself paid you a >> visit! >> >> Plain glass in contact with the film BASE = Isaac Newton visit. >> >> Frosted glass, ground glass, anti-Newton glass in contact with the film >> BASE = no Isaac Newton visits. >> >> Isaac Newton does not typically visit the emulsion side of the film. >> >> The emulsion should be facing the enlarger lens and be against plain >> (hopefully optically flat) glass. >> >> If you want to flip the image, ie, emulsion up, this poses another >> problem since the film base is now in contact with the clear, very flat, >> smooth, lower glass. In this case, use a very thin construction paper >> mask around your neg in order to move the glass/film BASE junction >> slightly apart. The film BASE is not squashed tight to the glass thus >> reducing the Isaac Newton visit. The thickness of the mask will be >> determined by trial. It may take several thicknesses of black >> construction paper or a very thin piece of black cardboard. >> >> Jim >> >> >> At 10:27 AM 5/11/2007 -0500, Shannon Stoney wrote: >> >>> Maybe that was the notorious Newton ring. I thought the frosted glass >>> WAS anti-Newtonian glass, but maybe it wasn't, or maybe I installed it >>> wrong. >>> >>> --shannon >> >> ======================================================================== >> ===================================== >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your >> account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you >> subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. >> > > ========================================================================= > ==================================== > > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > > =========================================================================== ================================== To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. Ken Hough Photographic Repair Service Specializing in the Complete restoration of Deardorff View Cameras Est 1982 www.deardorffcameras.0catch.com 219 462 0281 --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000739-3, 05/11/2007 Tested on: 5/11/2007 4:13:20 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.