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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 13

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  2. Ineroduction eo Readers oF quick Wir and g00d Under-
  3. standins noc vec versed in Opticks: Althouoh thole who
  4. are alread acquainced u s setene, anare
  5. handled Classes, will more readily apprehend what Fol-
  6. eesect.
  7. PROP. I. ThCOr. I.
  8. IOHITS which difter in Colour, difter allo in De- ot
  9. srees ot Retrangibiliey.
  10. The Proos by Fxperiments.
  11. Exper. 1. P cook a black oblone siff Paper terminated
  12. b Parallel Sides, and with a Perpendicular riohe Line
  13. draun crols trom onc Side co che other, distinguished ic
  14. into erro equal Parts. One ot chele Parrs I painced wich
  15. a red Colour and che other wich a bler. The Paper was
  16. verr black, and che Colours incense and chickly laid on,
  17. chac che Phaenomenon mighe be more conspicuous. This
  18. Paper I riered chroueh a Prilm oF solid Olals, Whose tvo
  19. Sides chrouoh which che Lighe passed co che Eye vere
  20. plane and ell polisted, and concained an Angle oF abOuE
  21. Sixer Dcorees: Wrhich Angle Icall the retractine Angle ot
  22. che Prilm. And Whilst I viered ic, I held ic betore a
  23. Windor in such manner chac the Sides of che Paper ivere
  24. Parallel co chePrism, and boch chose Sides and che Prism
  25. Parallet co che HTorizon, and the crols Line perpendicular
  26. co ic; and thac che Lighe wrhich fell trom che Window
  27. NIDOM
  28. Garen
  29. u

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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 13. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1677894601:0023?run=74