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# Title: Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 53)
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ther hand erue, chac che L ayS OF LieBE Are
chus uro d by che Refractine Media, and
cheir Velociry chus abaced by reftectine
Ones, (0 chac ic is evidene, Refraction and
Deflection proceed From one and che Pame
Princiciple, acting diftereney in differene
Circumstances.
SXXZIZ. NIT. Nemton has demon-
Araced From plain and convincins Experi-
Mens, Thac the Lixht ot che Sun consiIES oF
Rays difterenely refrangible and reflexible, and
chacchose Raysare differeney reflexible, chac
are differeney refrangible. These RayS
chacare aIl alike refraneible, he calls the Lighe
oF ehem simple and PJomoceneal, and chole
chac are lore more refrangible chan ochers,
hecallstheir Lighe Compound and. Peteroce-
neal; che greacer or lels Refrancibility ot
Rays, is cheir Dispolicion co becurn d more
or less out ot cheir way, in like Incidences
on che tame Medium; and chCIr BPCAEEF OE
dels Reftexibility is cheir Dispolirion eo be re-
curn d