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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 65

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  1. Lines distinctir, and chen considered whether che disse-
  2. rence of chole distances bear such proporrion eo s: Tnches,
  3. che orearest difference ot the distances which che Foci ot
  4. che decpest Red and Violet ouphe to hare From the Lens,
  5. 25 che distance of che obserred Colours From one anorher
  6. in the Spectrum Bear coche like distance ofthe deepest Red
  7. and Violet measured in the rectilinear Cdes of che Spect
  8. rum, chac is, co the lenorh of thole sides or excels ot che
  9. lerisch oF che Specerum abore ies breadch. And my Ob-
  10. Serrations ivere a5 FollOms.
  11. Wlhen Lobserred and compare d the deepest sen sible R ed,
  12. and che Colour in che contine of Crcen and Bluc, wtich
  13. ac chac rectilincar sides ofthe Spectrum as distane From it
  14. halt che lenoch ofchole sides, the Focus where the contine
  15. oF Creen and Blue cast che Species of the Lines distinctly
  16. On the PaPEF, WaS nearer to the Lens chen the Focus ihere
  17. the Red cast chose Lines dictinctly on ic by about 2 = OF
  18. 23 Tnches. For Comerimes che Nealures vere a lirele grea
  19. cer, Cometimes a licele less, buc seldom varied From one
  20. another above : ot an Inch. For ic was verr difticule co
  21. detine che Places of che Foci, wichoue Pome licele Frrors.
  22. Noi il che Colours distane half che lenech oF che Image,
  23. (measured at its rectilinear Sides) give 2= Or 23 difference
  24. oF che distances oftheir Foci trom the Lens, thenthe Co
  25. Jours distane che whole lenoch ought to gire 5 Or 5: Inches
  26. difference ofthole distances.
  27. Buc herc ies co be noced, that L could nor sec the Red
  28. co the tuil End oF che spectrum, bue only eo che CCnFEF
  29. oF che Semicircle wrhich bounded thac End, or 2 licele Far-
  30. cher; and cheretore l compared chis Red noc wich chat Co-
  31. Tour irhich was exactly in che midele ofthespectrum, or
  32. contine oF Creen and Blue, buc rich chac which verged 2
  33. licele more co che Blue chanro the Creen: And a5 l reck-
  34. Onec

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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 65. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1677894601:0075?run=74