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Infrared radiation was first observed by William Herschel in 1800. Using a glass prism and thermometers, he found that there were two maxima, one occurring in the yellow-green portion of the sun’s spectrum and the other beyond the red end of the visible spectrum. He mistakenly believed that these maxima were due to two different types of radiation. Between 1835 and 1845, it was postulated and generally accepted that these maxima were actually similar phenomena, differing only in the amount of refraction by the prism.
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Gurley, M.H. (1962). Infrared Instrumentation — Past, Present, and Future: A General Survey. In: Szymanski, H.A. (eds) Progress in Infrared Spectroscopy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7009-1_6
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