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Question
What did Newton demonstrate by his experiments with the prism?
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Solution
Newton demonstrated the phenomenon of dispersion of light by his experiments with the prism. He showed that white sunlight is in fact composed of seven colours: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red.
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