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# Title: Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 53)
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Dhuolophical
Deincir
20iSXL. The Rays oF Liphe Which FaII
upon Bodies and are refected or refracted,
besin co bend betore chey arrive ac cheB0.
dics. Mr. Plemton has Moun by sereral
Experimenes oE Rays palsine by che P dges
oF Bodies, chac chey are incurvated by che
Action chese ot Bodies aschey pals by chem,
and chac chis Aerion is Arongest ac che least
Distance; he has demonstrared likewise,
char the Caule ot Reftexion is noc che im.
Pingins ot Lislc on che lolid and impervi-
ous Pars oF Bodies. For (norro repeat chole
Ocher Argumenes whch he has broughe in
orear pleney) lince Gilals can be no ocher
ays policti d ehan by grarins and leratch-
ins ic by Substances, whole Parts are
(mall and subtile, (o char che Scrarches and
Frecrines of is Surtace become t00 mall
co be visible, vec nor (0 mall as 10 be-
come cruly plan or spherical, and all togc.
ther ro compole one surtace; il Lighe
vere reftected by impingins uxon che Colid
Parts ot Glals; ic voud be lcarter d a5
much by che mose polistid Clals, as by
che rouxhect, rtich beins COMtrary COLX.
Perience,
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