William Swan (physicist)

Not to be confused with William Francis Gray Swann.

Prof William Swan FRSE PRSSA LLD (13 March 1818 in Edinburgh – 1 March 1894 in Shandon, Argyll)[1] was a Scottish mathematician and physicist best known for his 1856 discovery of the Swan band.[2]

  1. ^ Swan, at the University of St Andrews; published September 5, 2009; retrieved April 17, 2013.
  2. ^ Handbook Of Optical Engineering, edited by Daniel Malacara and Brian J. Thompson; page 264; published 2001 by CRC Press