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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 51

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  1. 5
  2. But the truth oF this Propostion ill Further appear
  3. br observins, that in the superticies interceding trro
  4. transparent mediums, such asare (Air, Water, Oyl, Com
  5. ion-Gla(S, Crystal. MetallineClasses, IMand-Cilases,
  6. irhute transparent Artnick, Diamonds, dc.) the re-
  7. fexion is Aronger or meaker accordinslr, a5 the luper-
  8. ticies hath a greater or lels retractins porrer. Lor in
  9. the contine oF Air and Sal-gemm tis ltronger than in
  10. thecontine of Air and Water, and Ciil stronser in the
  11. contine oF Air and C ommon-CEla(SOF C PV StaL, and ArOnpeF
  12. in the contine ot Air and a Diamond. IF anY ot thele, and
  13. Tuch like transparent Solids, be immerged in Water, its
  14. reflexion becomes much weaker than betore, and AilI
  15. reakcer it ther be immereed in the more Aronglr re
  16. Fractins Liquors oF ell. rectitied oyl ot Vitriol or Ipirie
  17. ot Turpentine. TFWater be distinguisted into trro parts,
  18. by ans imaginaer Curtace, the retexion in the contine
  19. Ot thole tmo pares is none at aII. In the confine oF Wa-
  20. ter and Ice tis verr litele, in thac of Water and Oyt tis
  21. Tomethins grenter, in that of Water and Sal-gemm Aill
  22. Sreater, and in that of Water and CtaIS, Or C Ersal, Or
  23. ottrer denser substances Aill greater, accordinsly as thole
  24. mediums disfer more or lels in their retractins pOIerS.
  25. Flence in the contine ot Common-Citass and Crysal,
  26. there ought tobe a reak rellexion, and a Aronser re
  27. Aexion in the contine ot Common and Metallinc- Glals,
  28. thoueh Phave not vet eried this. But, in the contine ot
  29. tiro Cilasses oFequat densier, there is not any sensible re-
  30. Aexion, a5 ras hewn in the frst Obserration. And
  31. che lame may be understood ot the luperticies interce
  32. dins tro Crystals, or trro Liquors, or any other Sub
  33. stances in irtrich no retraction is cauled. S0 then the
  34. AH 2
  35. realon

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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 51. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1677894601:0227?run=74