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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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chie places where che Images ot che blem and red parrs ot
ehe coloured Paper appeared most diltinct. Thole places
I casilr lneu by che lmages ot che black Lines which L
had made br windins che silk abouc che Paper. For the
Tmgoes of thole fine and Pender Lines Cirhich by reason ot
their blacknels iere like Stradtons on che CoIOUrS) Were
contused and scarce risible, unlels when che Colours on ci-
cher sde ot cach Line ivere terminared most distinctr.
Norino cheretore, 25 diligently a5 Ecould, che places irtere
the Tmares of the red and ble halts ot che coloured Pa-
per appeared most distinct, I Found chac irhere che red
halt oF che Paper appeared distinct, the bler halt appeared
contused, (0 that che black Lines drann uxon ic could
scarce be seen; and on che contrary where che bler halt
appeared most dictinct che red halt appeared contusea, 10
chac che black Lines uxon ic ivere scarce visible. And be-
cireen che evo places irtrere chese Images appeared dictinet
chere as che distance ot an Inch and a halt: the distance
Ot che wrhire Paper From che Lens, Wrhren che Image ot che
red halt os the coloured Paper appeared most dictinet, bc-
ing orcater by an Inch and an halt chan che distance ot che
lame whire Paper from che Lens irtien che Imagc ot che
blen hale appeared most distinct. In like Incidences there-
Fore ot the bler and red upon the Lens, the bleur Was re-
Fracted more by che Lens chan che red, (0 2S EO COnVerOC
Cooner by an lrch and an halt, and cheretore is more retran-
sible.
Eig. 12. Illustration. In che Pveltch Fieure, DP Signities the co-
loured Paper, DO the bler halt, FP che red halE, MIW
che Lens, HI) che ihice Paper in chac place wrhere the red
halE Wirh ies blacke Lines appeared dictinct, and hi che larme
Paper in chat place irhere theblew halt appeared distinct.
lhe place hi was nearer eo he Lens MN rhan che place
TIJ by an tuch and an halt.
Scholium.