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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 63

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  1. heterogeneous Rays trom one anocher by che Mechod I de-
  2. scribed in the iich Experiment, (0 a5 co make a coloured
  3. Spectrum abouc ervetre or sitccen cimes longer than broad.
  4. This Spectrum I cast on 2 princed b0ok, and placing che
  5. aborementioned L ens ac the distance ot sIX Fect and an
  6. Inch trom chis Spectrum o collect che Species ot che illu-
  7. minated Letrers ax the same distance on the ocher (ide, L
  8. found chac the Species of the Lerrers illuminated with Blue
  9. vere nearer eo the Lens chan chole illuminated wich decp
  10. Red by abour chree Tnches or threc and a quarter: buc the
  11. Species oF the Leccers illuminated wich Indiso and Violet
  12. appeared so contused and indistinct, chac I could noc read
  13. chem: Whercupon vieming che Prilm, I Found ic ras full
  14. oF Veinsrunnine from one end ot che Clals to che ocher;
  15. Cochac the Retraction conld nor be regular. Itook ano-
  16. cher Prilem cheretore ertich as trec trom Veins, and in-
  17. Cead oEthe Lecters Puscd erro or chrec Parallel black Lines
  18. 2 lierle broader chan che Aroakes of che Letters, and cast-
  19. ins che Colours upon chele Lines in luch manner that the
  20. Lines ran along che Colours from one end of che spectum
  21. co the ocher, l Found chac che Focus wrhere che Indico, Or
  22. contine ot ehis colour and Violet cast the species of che
  23. Black Lines most distinctly, cobe aboue + Tnches or 1 near-
  24. er to the Lensthan che Focus where the decpest R ed cast
  25. the Species ot che lame black Lines most distinetr.
  26. Phe violet mas (0 fainc and darke, chac I could nOc
  27. discern che Species ot che Lines distincty by chac Co-
  28. tour; and cheretore considerins thac the Prism was made
  29. ot a dark coloured Class inclinins eo Creen, L rook anocher
  30. Pism ot clear Wrhice Cla(s; bur ehe Spectrum ot Colours
  31. irtrich ehis Prism made had lone nhice Screams ot Faint
  32. Liohe Chooring out trom boch cnds of the Colours, hich
  33. made me conclude char Comethins ras amils; and viem-
  34. in8

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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 63. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1677894601:0073?run=74