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Question
What did Newton demonstrate by his experiments with the prism?
Solution
Newton demonstrated the phenomenon of dispersion of light by his experiments with the prism. He showed that white sunlight is in fact composed of seven colours: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red.
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