Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. -

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1. ADYFRTISFM21
2. Art oftheensuins Discourse about Licht Was reritten
3. at the desire of some Crentlemen of the Royal Societ,
4. en the Tear 1675. and then sent to their Secretary, and
5. read at their Mectines, and the rest vas added about
6. Prvelve Tears after to complete the Pheory; except the
7. Third Bock, and the last. Proposition of the Second, rehich
8. rere since put tocether out of scattered Papers. Lo avoid
9. bens encared in Disputes about these Matters, have
10. Bitherto delayed the Printine, and Mould stitt bave de
11. layed it, Bad not ihe importunity os Friends prevaile d uxon
12. me. If any other Papers rerit on this Subject are eot out
13. ef my FTands they are imperfect, and rvere perhaps rritten
14. before Yhad tried al the L’xperiments bere set dore,
15. and fully satissied my sels about the Lares of Refractions
16. and C omposition of. Colours. T have here Publisped rehat
17. Tthint proper to come abroad, vistine that it may not be
18. Pranstate d into another Laneuare vuithout my Consent.
19. TheCirorensof Colours, Wehich sometimes appear about
20. the Sun and Moon, T have endeavoured t0 rive an Ac
21. count of: but for rvant of sufficient Observations leave that
22. Matter tobe further examined. The Subject of the Third
23. Book have also lest imperfect, not bavine tried all the
24. RXpe-

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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. - . Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1677894601:0009?run=74