"Lumen propagatur seu diffunditur non solum Directe, Refracte, ac Reflexe, sed etiam alio quodam quarto modo, Diffracte."
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Francesco Maria Grimaldi
Francesco Maria Grimaldi (April 2, 1618 – December 28, 1663) was an Italian mathematician and physicist who taught at the Jesuit college in Bologna. He was the first to make accurate observations on the diffraction of light.
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