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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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littins up the upper Cilass From the lorver, the diameter
OF the Rinss rould decreale, and the breadth ot their
Orbit encrease, untit their Colours reached succestirely
to the center; and then ther beins ot a considerable
breadth, Icould more calilr dilceen and distinguisr
their Species than betore. And by this means l ob.
serred their Succestion and Ouantity 10 be 25 F0l-
lorveth.
Next, tothe Dellucid central Spot made by the con-
tact ot the Glasses succceded blue, wrhite, vellorr, and
red, the blue ras (o licele in quantier that Icousd not
discern it in the circles made by the Prilms, nor could
I Well distinguittr ans violet in it, but therellor and
red ivere preter copious, and secmed about as much
in extent as the white, and tour or Are times more
than theblue. The next Circuit in order ot COlOurS
immediatelr encompassine thele ivere violet, blue,
srcen, vellor, aud red, and thele vere aIl oF them co-
pious and rivid, exceptins the green, Wrhich as very
litele in quantitr, and seemed much more taint and
dilure than the other Colours. OF the other tour, the
violet ras the least in extent, and the blue less than
the rellor or red. The third Circuit or Order Wras
purple, blue, sreen, vello, and red; in irtrich the
purple scemed more reddisr than the violet in the
tormer Circuit, and the green ras much more conspi-
cuous, beins as brisque and copious as any oF the ottier
Cotours, except the rellor; but the red began to bc
a litele Faded, inclinins very much to purple. AFter
this succeeded thie Fourth Circuit of green and red. Tne
oreen vas very copious and livelr, inclinins on the onc
side to blue, and on the other side to vello. But in
thic