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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 47

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  1. So chen, it We would diministr che mixeure oF Che R ayS,
  2. ve are eo diministr che Diamerers of ehe Circles. NOW
  3. these rould be diminithed it the Suns Diameter co nhich
  4. cher ansirer could be made lels than ic is, or (phich comes
  5. co the lame purpose) il without Doors, at a greac distance
  6. teom the Peilm corards the sun, some opakce body vere
  7. Placed, ich a round hole in themidale oF iC, EO InFerCCDE
  8. all che suns Liehit, exceptine (o much as coming from
  9. che middle oF his Body Conld pals chrovoh chat nole eo
  10. the PrIH. FOr (O che Circles AG, BH and che rest,
  11. would noc aur longer antirer co the irhole Dilque ot che
  12. Sun, buc onty to chac pare of ic irhich conld Be scen
  13. From che Prism chrouoh chac hole, that is eo the appareHE
  14. magnieude ot chac hole riemed trom che Prism. Buc chac
  15. phele Circles may ansiver more distinctiy co chac hole a
  16. Fens is eo be placed by che Prism co cast che Image of the
  17. hole, (chac is, every ore oF the Circles AC, B FI, eC.) di-
  18. Rinctly uxon che Paper at P P, atcer such a manner as by
  19. a Lens placed ac a Windoir che Species of Objects abroad
  20. are cast distinctly uxon a Paper wichin che Room, and the
  21. Rectilincar Sides of che oblong solar Image in the fitth
  22. Experimene became distinet withour any Penumbra. IF
  23. ehis be done ic will noc be necessary eo place that hole
  24. very Far of, no noc berond che Windo. And cherctore
  25. instead ot chac hole, Lused che hole in che Window- CHVE
  26. 25 FOllOWS.
  27. Exper. 11. In che Suns Lighe lec inco my dartened
  28. Chamber chrouoh a (mall round hole in my Windou-
  29. CHUE, aE abOUE 10 OF 12 Feet From the Window, I placed
  30. a Lens, by irtrich che Image ot che hole mighe be di-
  31. Ctinctly cast uxon a Theec ot irhite Paper, placed ac the
  32. distance ot lix, ciohe, cen or evelre Feet trom che L ens.
  33. for accordine co the difference of che Lenses l’used rarious
  34. distances,

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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 47. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1677894601:0057?run=74