(idea) by chinoodle Wed Sep 20 2000 at 3:49:45
A series of light and dark rings formed in a plano-convex lens if monochromatic light is shone onto the lens when it rests on a plane mirror.

First observed by Newton, they are caused by interference between light reflected by the mirror, and light reflected at the curved surface of the lens.
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