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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 130

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  1. T2
  2. rayS most copioussy to the FyC, and chereby Arike FIC
  3. sentes rrith the deepet riolet Colour in that region.
  4. And in like manner the Anele SFO beins equal 1
  5. the Ansle POF, Or 42 deg. 2 min. Malt be the greatel
  6. in erhich the least retrangible rays atcer one reflexion
  7. canemerse out of the Drops, and theretore thole rav
  8. MaIl come most copioustr to the FyC From the DrOPS In
  9. theline OF, and Arike the senses rith the decpest red
  10. Colour in that region. And by the Tame argument,
  11. the rars prhich hare intermediate degrees ot retrangibi
  12. liey Mail come most copiousr From Drops Betreen
  13. F. and F, and Arike the senses wich the intermediate
  14. Colours in the order erhich their degrees ot retrangibi
  15. lity require, that is, in che prosrels From P. LO F, Ot
  16. Fromthe inside of the Bon tothe outlide in this ordei,
  17. riolet, indico, blue, green, vellor, orange, red. Butthe
  18. violet, by the mixture of thewhite Light oF theC louds,
  19. Will appear faint and incline to purple.
  20. Again, the Ansle SCO beins equal to Anole POC,
  21. OF 50 gr. GY min. Phall De the least Anole in irtich che
  22. least retrangible rays can alter trro reflexions emerge out
  23. ofthe Drops, and theretore the least retrangible rays Mall
  24. comemost copiously tothe Rye From the Drops in the
  25. line OG, and srike the senle rith the deepest red ii
  26. that resion. And the Angle SFTO beins equal t0 the
  27. Ansle POFL Or 54 GT. 7 min. MaII DC the leaH AnglC in
  28. ertrich the most retrangible rars a(ter ero reflections cam
  29. emerse out oEthe DrOpS, and theretore thole rars Mal
  30. come most copioussy tothe Fre From the Drovs in the
  31. line OFI, and srike the senses rich the deepest riolet in
  32. that resion. And by thelame areument, the DropSin
  33. the regions betreen C and HI Mall Aritce the sense iriclo
  34. +

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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 130. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1677894601:0150?run=74