AWhat changed
Instrument design and spectral interpretation could be tied to diffraction-limited separation.
Scientific scope
Exact 1879 XXXI instalment by DOI; other instalments, Airy diffraction and later criteria excluded.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact 1879 XXXI instalment identified by DOI 10.1080/14786447908639684. Other instalments in Rayleigh’s series, earlier Airy diffraction work and later resolution criteria remain separate.
Contributors
- John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Rayleigh, Investigations in optics with special reference to the spectroscope
- Crossref record for Rayleigh 1879 XXXI
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