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# Title: Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 193)
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Fixperiments rehich Y intended rhen P vas about these
Matters, nor repeated some of those rehich  did try, until
Thad satisfied my self about alltheir Circumstances. Yo
communicate rehat l have tried, and leave the rest 10
ocbers for further Pnquiry, is al my Desien in publistrine
these Papers.
In a Lerter reritten to Vr. Lcibnitz in the l ear 1676.
and publistred by Dr. W altis, Ymentioned a Method by
rehich TBad found some general Pheorems about squarine
Ciurvilinear Ficures, or comparine them roith the Conic
Sections, or other the simplest Firures roith rehich theymay
be compared. And some Tears aco Tlent out a Manuscript
containins such F Beorems, and havine since met roith some
Fhines copied ont of it. Phave on this Occasion made it
publick, presixine to it an Introduction and subjomnine a
Scholium concernine that Method. Und l have joined
oith et another smalt Pract concernine the Curvilinear
Fieures of the Second Rind, rehich ruas also reritten
many Tears aco, and made knoron to some Friends, rise
bave solicited ibe matine it publict.