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# Title: Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 193)
# Folio 94, page id 1677894601:0270
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94
Cireles made by the outmost red and outmos violet in
the r2th Obserration oF the Arst part oF this Bo0k.
OBS. VI.
Placins my Fye rrhere thele Rings appeared plainest,
ICarr the Speculum tinsed all over rith rares ot CO-
lours (red, vellor, sreen, blue;) like those irtrich in
theObserrations of the Arst Part ot this Book appeared
betireen the Object-Cilases and upon Bubbles oF Natei.
but much larger. And atter the manner ot thole, they
vere of rarious magnitudes in various politions of the
Eire, Cirelling and Crinkins a5 I mored my tire this
War and thatmar. Ther ivere Formed like AreS OF
concentrick Circles as those irere, and irhen my fiye
ras ovrer agains the center of the concaritr ot the Spe-
culum (that 15, 8 Fcet and 10 Tuches distance trom the
Speculum) their common center ras in a right Line
rith that center ot concarier, and with the Hiole in the
Windor. But in other poltures ot my fivetheir center
had other positions. They appeared by theLight oF
the Clouds propasated to the Speculum throush the
TTole in the Windor, and irhen the sun Bone throuoh
that ITole uxon the Speculum, his Light upon it Wras
ot the Colour of the Ring wrhereon it Fell, but by its
Splendor obscured the Rings made by the Light ot the
Clouds, unless rhen the Speculum ras remored to a
sreat distance trom the Windor, Cothathis Lisht uxon
ut mishit be broad and Faint. By varyins theposition ot
my Lese, and morins it nearer to Or Farther from the
direct beam ofthesuns Lisht, the Colour of the Suns
sefected Liehe constantly raried upon the Speculum,