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# Title: Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 53)
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oF a Ray is noc effected by one single Poine
oF che restectins Body, but by (Ome POWvec
oF che Body, Wtrich is evenly diffus d
over all ies Surtace, by wrhich ic acts cipon
ehie Ray Wrichoue immediace Contact, after
che manner hinced  37. Bodies reftect
and refract Liohe by one and che lame
Porver variously exercised in various Cir-
cumstances; For Wrhen Lighe goes oue of
OlaIS ineo Rir as obliquelr as ic car postibly
do, it ies Incidence then be made Rill more
oblique, ic becomes rorally reflected, For thet
iis refractive Poer, or the Force ot iis
Actraction upon che Ray, becomes 100
Arong to let any ot che Rays g0 chrouet.
Besides chac, chole Surtaces ot transparent
Bodies which have che orearele refractino
Porver, reflect che greacest Ouanciry et
Liehe; Por by Experimene ic is Found, chac
in the superficies incercedine crvo transpa-
renE Mediums, che Restexion is ArOngeF Or
realier, as the Supertice hach a Oreacer Or
lesser refractine Porer, tor in che contine
BE sir and Dat. Cem ris Hronger chan in che
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