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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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behind the Clals ac a trom Whence any RayS AB, AC,
AD, ihich Ro From one and che Came Poine ot che Ob-
ject, do atrer cheir Reflexion made in che Poines B, C, D.
diverse in goins trom the Ola(s EOF, F, C, irhere cher
are incident on the Spectators Fres. For chese Rays do
make che same Picture in the borrom of che Fyes a5 it
cher had come Erom the Obiece really placed ac a withove
chie incerpolicion oF che Looking-slals; and all Vision is
made accordins co che place and Chape oF chac Picture.
In like manner the Objece D seen chrough a Prilm ap-
Pears noc in ies proper place D, buc is chence translaced to
Tome octier place d’Scuared in the last retracted Ray FC
drawn backmard FrOm E CO d.
jr. 10. And Coche Object  Pcen chrough che Lens AB, appCarS
ac che place q trom whence the Rars diverse in pastine
Fromthe Lens to the Ere. Now it isto benored, charthe
Imase oF the Objecc ac g is lo much bigger or lesser than
the Obiect ic PelF ac 2, 25 che distance ot the Imase ac
gtrom che Lens AB is bigger or lels chan che distance ot
che Objece ac  From che lame Lens. And if che Obiect
De scen chrousti erro or more luch Convex or Concave-
olasses, everr Clals Call make a ne Imase, and the Ob-
ject Phall appear in che place and ot che bignels ot the last
Image. Which consideration untotds the Theory oFMi-
crolcopes and Telelcopes. For thac Theory consists in i-
most noching else chan the describing such Classes as PaII
make che last Image ot anr Object a5 distinct and large
and luminous as ic can conreniently be made.
Phare noi siren in Axioms and cheir Pxplications the
Curm of ihac hath hicherco been creaced ot in Opticks.
For irhat hach been generally agreed on l contene my
selE eo allume under chenocion ot Principles, in order to
Whac l hare Further co reice. Andchis may suttice For an
TnEro-
Fig. 2