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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 126

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  1. treen the Kuires at the concourle oE their edoes. And.
  2. theretore the distance ot the edoes OF the Rnives at the
  3. incetins, ot these dark lines rras the ibOth part oF an
  4. Tnch. FOr as Four Inches to the eighth part oF an Inch,
  5. (0 is aur lensth of the edges ot the Rnires inealured
  6. From the point ot their concourse tothe distance ot the
  7. edoes of the Rnires at the end ot that lenoth, and (0 is
  8. thC AFEh parE eF an Inch to the TBOth paFL. S0 thenthe
  9. dark lines abore mentioned meet in the midale ot the
  10. Lisht erhich passes becreen the Knires wrhere they are
  11. distant the 1both part ot an Tuch, and the one halE oF
  12. that Lioht passes by the edse oF one Rnite at a distance
  13. noc creater than the 320th part ot an Iuch, and fallins
  14. upon the Paper makes the tringes ot the Mhadom of that
  15. Rnise, aud the otter halt passes by the edse ot the
  16. Other Knife, at a distance not sreater than the 320th
  17. Dart of an luch, and Falling upon the Paper makres the
  18. Fringes oF the Bado ot the other Inite. But if the
  19. Paper De held at a distance From the Knires greater than
  20. the third part ot an Inch, the dark lines abore men-
  21. tioned meet at a preater distance than the AEth pAFE OF
  22. an Inch From the end of the Lighe erhrich passed be-
  23. trreen theKnires at the concourse ot their edoes; and
  24. theretore the Light irhrich Falls upon the P’aper irhere
  25. thole dark lines meet pasles betreen the Knires
  26. irtiere their edges are distant abore the 1b0th part ot
  27. au IMCM.
  28. FOr at another time wrhen the trro Knires vvere di-
  29. Aant eioht Feet and tire Tuches From Fhe litele Eole in
  30. the Windo, made with a Cinall. P’in as abore the l iont
  31. arhrich Fell uxon the Paper irhere the atoresaid dark
  32. lines met. Passed betreen the Kuires, irhere the di-
  33. Cance

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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours Of Light, fol. 126. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1677894601:0302?run=74