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Creen and no orter; and (0 OF etie rest. NOr) Red and Tellon makes Orange; of Orange and ret
are there only Rajs prover and parricular co che lomist Creen makes Tellom: And in general, il any
more eminent Colours, bur even co all their inter- tvo Colours be mixed, which in che Series oE chole
nediare Gradations.
generared by che Prilm, are nor roo far. distan
2. Toche lame dexree ot Retransibiliey ever one trom anocher, chey, by cheir murual alloy
Belones rhe lame Colour, and co the lâme Colour compound chac Colour which in the laid Series ap.
ever belones che same deprec ot Retransibilier. Peareth in che midvar berween chem; bur chose
The least Refransible Rays are all dispoled ro ex- irtich are siruared ar r0o preat a distance, do nor
tibic a Red Colour, and corrrarily chose KaYS (0. Oranse and Indico PrOdUCC NOE che Incere-
Which are dispoled ro extiibit a Red Colour, are alI diare Crcen, nor Scarlet and Green the intermedi-
che least Refransible; (0 che most Refransible Rays are Tellon
are all dispoled eo exhibit a deep Violet Colour, and
7. Buc che most surprisine and wondersul Com.
contrarily riose that are apr eo extibie such a Vio- polition uras thar ot irhiteness. There is no one
let Colour are all che most Refransible: And (0Torr oE Rays alone intrich can exhibit chis. Tis
all che intermediace Colours in a conrinued series ever compounded, and ro is Composition are re
belone ro incermediare Desrees of Retransibilirr. quisice all the atorelaid Primary Coleurs, mixed
And chis Analoo wixe Colours and Retransibili- in a due proxorrion; for all che Celours ot che
cy, is very precile and Ariet; che Rays alvars Prilm beins made ro converge, and chereby ro be
eicher exactly agrecins in borh, os proporrionably again mixed as chey. vere in the Lishe betore il
dilaerceins in boch.
as incident upon cheerism, will reproduce Lighe
3. TheSpecies ot Colour, and degree oE Retrangi incirely and persectir Whire, and nor ac all len
bilicy proper ro any particular Porr of Rays, is noc sibly difterins trom a direet Lisbe ol che Sun, un
mutable by Retraction, nor by Rehection trom rels when the Crlaces are nor lusciently clear.
Nacural Bodies, nor any orher Cause rhac conld
8. Tence cheretore ir comes ro pals, charmBite
be yer oblerred uhen any one Corr ot Rays hach ness is che ulual Colour ot Lisht; For Licht is a
been ell parced trom chole oE ocher kinds, ic aF: consused accrecate of Rays indued rith all sorts o
cerwards obsinarely recained is Colour norwirhi- Coloursi as they are promiscuousty darted from the
sandins aIl endearoursro chanse ir. Thouph re- various paris of Luminous Bodies. And oF luch a
tracted wich Prilms, and reftected with Bodies, contuled Aogresare is generared Whiteness, il
Wwhich in Day-lighe vere oE orher Colours; harins chere be a due provorrion osthe Ingredienes; bue
also incercepred ic ich che coloured Film ot Aiif any one predominare, che Lishu must incline to
intercedins tuo compressed Plates oF Olass; trans- chat Colour, as ic happens in ihe Blue Flame ot
inirted ic chro orher coloured Mediums, and chro Brimstone; che Pellon Flame ot 2 C andle; and
Mlediums ieradiaced wih ocher sorrs ot Rays, che rarious Colours ot the tixed Stars.
and diversy cerminated ic; and vec could never
9. Thele chines considered, che manner hom
Produce any netr Colour our of it. Ir would by Colours are produced by the Prism is erident: FOr
concractins or dilorins become more brist or taine, che Rays consticurins che incident Liphr, lince
and by the loss ot manr Lays, in some Cales, ve- chole chac disser in Colour proporrionably disser in
ey oblcure and dark; bur could be never seen ro Retransibiliey, chey, by cheir unequal Retractions
Change in specie.
1. Pec leemine TranIuaLIOnS OE Ciolours ma
be made ivhere there is any mixture ot divers
must be severed and dispersed inco an obionq Form
in an orderly succestion trom che least retracted
Scarterro rhe mont retracted Violer. And tor the
TOrES OF RayS; For in Cuch Mixcures che Compo- Tame realon ic is, thar Objects Wvhen lock d upor
nent Colours appear nor, bur by cheir mucual al-
lavine cach ocher, consticure a middline Colour;
chrouxh a Prilm, appear coloured: For the dif
form Rays, by cheir unequal Retractions, acc
and cheretore, il by Retraction, or any orher oE made ro diverge cowards leveral paris of che Re-
che atorelaid Causes, the Difform Rays, larenr in tina, andchere exprels che Images ot chings co-
Cuch a Mlixture, be separared there Mall emerpe
Colours disterene from the Colour oF che Compolei
on; Which colours are noc new generared, bue
onty made apparene by beins parred; For is chey
be asain incirely mixe and blended cogether thez
evii 2g2 in compose chat Colour, Which chey did bc.
loured, as they do che Suns Image uxon a W all.
And by chis inequaliry ot Retractions they be
come nor omly coloured, bur also very contuled
and indistinct.
10. Why ché Colours oF ihe Rainbon appear in
falline droxs of Rain, is also trom hence evident;
tore sexaracion. And For the lame reason, Prans. for rhole drops which retract the Rays dispoled id
murations made by che convenins of divers Colours
arc noc real; for Wwhen che Ditform Rays are a
3ain sovered, they will exhibir che very lame Co-
appear Purple in grearest quantier ro rhe specta-
FOrS EyC, retract che Rays OF orher Torrs so muchi
lels, 25 r0 make rhem pals beside ic; and such are
lours, which chei did belore they encered cheC om- che Drops on the inside oF che Primary BoW, ane
policion; 25 vou sec Dluc and Tellon Pouders, on cheourside ot the Secondary, or exreriour one:
irhen Anely trixed, appear ro chenaked Eye Green
and vet che Colours oE che Componene Corpulcles
S0 chese Drops wtich retract in ercacest pleney
che Rays, apr eo appear Red roward che specta
are che Drops on che Exreriour Parr of che Prima-
are nor chereby really crantmured bur onty blend. cors Fyc, retract thole ot orher POrrS (o much
ed; for when rien d wich 2 800d Mlellcope, more as 10 make ihem pals beside ic; and such
chey Hill appeal Dub and lellom incersperledly
5. Lhere are cheretore rwo lorrs et Colours, che ey, and Inceriour Parr ot che Secondary BoW.
one Original aha Slusple, che orher compounded
1I. Lhe odd Phaenomena oF an Intusion OE
DEchese. LdC Grigimal and Primar Cotours are Lienum Nephriticum, Leas-Cold, Fraements of co-
ed, Tellom. Crcen, Blue, and a Violet-Purple, E0- loured Class, and some orher rransparenely colou
Belher wich Orance, Indico, and an indetinire va
riety ot intermediare Gradations.
6. The lame Colours in Specié wich chele PIL
mary ones may be also produced Dy Composition; HanCeS ADE LB FeHCCE One TOxE OE Liphe and cran-
red Bodies appearins LA OHC LOHTION OL OnCCD.
lour, and oE anocher il adve, auc o Thele
Elounds no longer Riddles; For thole are Sub.
d L Mlecure oE hellom and L lue maties orect, ot smic anoihet; as mas be teen in a dact Reom. b.
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