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Electromagnetic Waves Light Speed of Light Sources of Light Sources of Light Refraction of Light Refraction of Light Additive Method of Color Production Polarization * Electro-magneticWaves Waves consisting of oscillating electric and magnetic fields that move at the speed of light through space. Electromagnetic Spectrum Corresponding wavelength and frequency Light is the range of frequencies of the electromagnetic spectra that stimulate the retina of the human eye. Wavelengths of Light Range from: 400 nm to 700 nm .0000004 m to .0000007 m The story starts with: Galileo Galilei First to hypothesize that light has a finite speed (1564 – 1642) The story takes off with: Ole Roemer (1644 – 1710) Determined the relative speed of light by viewing the orbital period of Io, a moon of Jupiter. The period varied by 14 seconds, depending on the Earths approach. Jupiter Earth Orbit From this he calculated it took 22 minutes for light to travel across the orbit of the Earth. Today’s accepted value is about 16 minutes Jump to the twentieth century: Albert Michelson (1852 – 1931) In 1926 Michelson was working at the Mount Wilson Observatory in Pasadena California, when he calculated the time light required to make a round trip between two California Mountains 35 Km apart. Determined the speed of light to be: First American to receive the Nobel Prize Luminous Bodies – Objects that emit light waves. i.e. - Sun Illuminated Bodies – Objects that reflect light waves. i.e. - Moon Luminous Flux - P – Rate at which light is emitted from a source in all directions. Units Lumen = lm Illuminance – E – Measure of the illumination of a surface. Units Lux = lx Lumens per square meter Candela – cd – Candle Power – Measure of luminous intensity The Luminous Intensity of a point source is the Luminous Flux that falls on one square meter of a sphere one meter in radius. Thus Luminous Intensity is Luminous Flux divided by 4 Illuminance varies directly with the flux of the light source and inve