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Rapine, Maximilien, 1840-1905
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![Optics: interference phenomena, exhibited by diffraction gratings. Coloured mezzotint by M. Rapine [1883], after B. Desgoffe.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0025368/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
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A man tying a woman's absurdly high wig on to a scaffolding; another woman wearing a tall heart-shaped wig looks on. Coloured etching attributed to M. Rapine.
Rapine, Maximilien, 1840-1905.Reference: 31745i
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Optics: a soap bubble exhibiting interference colours. Colour mezzotint (?) by M. Rapine, c. 1883, after B. Desgoffe.
Desgoffe, Blaise-Alexandre, 1830-1901Date: 1883Reference: 47052i- Pictures
Astronomy: the Aurora Borealis, over Bossekop, Finnmark, Norway. Coloured wood engraving by M. Rapine, 1868, after Silbermann and Bévalet, 1839.
Date: 1868Reference: 46624i
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Optics: interference phenomena, exhibited by diffraction gratings. Coloured mezzotint by M. Rapine [1883], after B. Desgoffe.
Desgoffe, Blaise-Alexandre, 1830-1901.Date: 1883Reference: 47053i
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Six kinds of electric light produced in tubes containing different gases. Colour aquatint (?) by M. Rapine, 1868.
Rapine, Maximilien, 1840-1905.Date: 1868Reference: 578794i