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Visible-light wavelengths poster

In nanometer's room (1000,000x magnification), the wavelengths of visible light are this big:

Here is a 8 page document you can cut and tape together.

poster_visiblewavelengths.pdf (.ps.gz)

Poster Assembly

From the poster man page by Jos van Eijndhoven...
    Our preferred method for the assembly of a poster from multiple sheets is as follows:
  1. Arrange the sheets in the proper order on a large table or on the floor.
  2. Remove from all sheets, except from those in the leftmost column or bottom row, their left and bottom cutmargin.
  3. In left-to-right and bottom-to-top order, glue the right (and top) cutmargin and stick the right (and upper) neighboring page on top of that.
  4. Turn the glued-together poster face bottom, and put adhesive tape on the sheet edges (on the backside of the poster) for more strength.
  5. Remove the remaining cutmargin around the poster.

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History:
  2002-Oct-22   Created.

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