Discovery of his Theory of Colors. 261 
Fraunhofer. Wollaston. 
i 576 Red. 
Orange, 27 
Yellow, 24. 
Green, 46 82°8 Yellowish green. 
Blue, 48 129°6 Blue. 
Indigo, 47 
Violet, 109 90 Violet. 
360 360 
and telescope, he observed spectra more as those given by mod- 
raunbofer discerns orange 
might suspect from his having bounded its upper limits by 
the line H. Fraunhofer saw 109 parts of violet, Wollaston 
y dark lines into four simple colors, and that he also erred in 
oa: gave tothem. Also, I have 
posed complete analysis of the sun’s lig 
*“ We have heard it remarked,” says Dean Peacock in his Life of Young, “that 
no writer, on any branch of science which the lectures treat of, can safely neglect 
to consult so rich is the mine of knowl which they contain; and it isa 
well-known t many i i 
or less clearly indicated in them, which have only been recognized or pointed 
— other philosophers discovered them independently, or announced them as 
ir own. 
