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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 12

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  1. behind the Clals ac a trom Whence any RayS AB, AC,
  2. AD, ihich Ro From one and che Came Poine ot che Ob-
  3. ject, do atrer cheir Reflexion made in che Poines B, C, D.
  4. diverse in goins trom the Ola(s EOF, F, C, irhere cher
  5. are incident on the Spectators Fres. For chese Rays do
  6. make che same Picture in the borrom of che Fyes a5 it
  7. cher had come Erom the Obiece really placed ac a withove
  8. chie incerpolicion oF che Looking-slals; and all Vision is
  9. made accordins co che place and Chape oF chac Picture.
  10. In like manner the Objece D seen chrough a Prilm ap-
  11. Pears noc in ies proper place D, buc is chence translaced to
  12. Tome octier place d’Scuared in the last retracted Ray FC
  13. drawn backmard FrOm E CO d.
  14. jr. 10. And Coche Object Pcen chrough che Lens AB, appCarS
  15. ac che place q trom whence the Rars diverse in pastine
  16. Fromthe Lens to the Ere. Now it isto benored, charthe
  17. Imase oF the Objecc ac g is lo much bigger or lesser than
  18. the Obiect ic PelF ac 2, 25 che distance ot the Imase ac
  19. gtrom che Lens AB is bigger or lels chan che distance ot
  20. che Objece ac From che lame Lens. And if che Obiect
  21. De scen chrousti erro or more luch Convex or Concave-
  22. olasses, everr Clals Call make a ne Imase, and the Ob-
  23. ject Phall appear in che place and ot che bignels ot the last
  24. Image. Which consideration untotds the Theory oFMi-
  25. crolcopes and Telelcopes. For thac Theory consists in i-
  26. most noching else chan the describing such Classes as PaII
  27. make che last Image ot anr Object a5 distinct and large
  28. and luminous as ic can conreniently be made.
  29. Phare noi siren in Axioms and cheir Pxplications the
  30. Curm of ihac hath hicherco been creaced ot in Opticks.
  31. For irhat hach been generally agreed on l contene my
  32. selE eo allume under chenocion ot Principles, in order to
  33. Whac l hare Further co reice. Andchis may suttice For an
  34. TnEro-
  35. Fig. 2

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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 12. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1677894601:0022?run=74