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Johann Jakob Balmer
(May
1, 1825 – March 12, 1898)
Swiss Mathematician &
Honorary Physicist
In 1885, Johann
Jakob Balmer
analyzed the hydrogen spectrum and found that hydrogen emitted four bands of light within the
visible spectrum.
His empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen
atom was later found to be a special case of the Rydberg
formula, devised by Johannes Rydberg.
Hydrogen Spectrum – The Balmer Series