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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 20

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  1. Such a posture chac che Retractions ofthe Rays at cheir emer-
  2. sence out ot che Prilm miehe be equal co chac ac cheir inci-
  3. dence on it. This Prilm had lome Veins runnino alone
  4. richin che Class trom onc end co the ocher, which (cac-
  5. cered lome oF che Suns Lighe irregulartr, buc had no sen
  6. sible effect in encreasine che lenorh ot the coloured Spec-
  7. CrUMI. For I eried che lame Experiment ich ocher Prilms
  8. rich che same succels. And parcicularly wich a Prim
  9. wrtrich seemed Erec From such Veins, aud ihose retractins
  10. Angle ras 62 Dcorees, I Found che lenoch of che Image 93
  11. or 10 Tuches ac che distance of 18= Feec trom che Prism
  12. the breadch of che hole in che Windon- Phuc being = OF an
  13. Tnch as betore. And because ic iS Ca(C EO COMMIE 2 mi-
  14. Aakce in placing che Prilm in ies due polture, I repeated
  15. the Experiment tour or tire cimes, and alvars Found che
  16. lenoch ot the Image chac ihich is sec down abore. Wich
  17. anocher Prism oF clearer Class and betrer Pollistr, which
  18. scemed trec trom Veins and irhole retractins Angle was
  19. 63: Deorees, che lenoch ot this image ac che lame diltance
  20. oF 18 = Feet as al(o aboue 10 Inches, Or 103. Berond
  21. chele Mlealures for abour ? Or ? ot an Inch ac cicher end oF
  22. the Spectrum the Lighe ot che Clouds scemed ro be a licele
  23. tinged rich red and riolet, buc lo verr tainely chac I suspe-
  24. eted thac rincture mishe cither whollr or in great mealure
  25. arise trom Lome Rays ot the Spectrum scaccered irre-
  26. oularly by some inequalicies in che substance and Polist
  27. oF che OlaIs, and cheretore I did noc include ic in chele
  28. Nealures. Nom the disterent Magnicude ot che hale in
  29. cheWindo-Phur, and differene chicknels of che Prilm Wwhere
  30. ehie Rars passed chrough ic, and different inclinations of che
  31. Prim eo the FTorizon, made no sensible chanoes in che
  32. lenoch ot che Image. Neicher did che differene macter ot
  33. ehe

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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 20. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1677894601:0030?run=74