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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences, fol. -

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  1. Creen and no orter; and (0 OF etie rest. NOr) Red and Tellon makes Orange; of Orange and ret
  2. are there only Rajs prover and parricular co che lomist Creen makes Tellom: And in general, il any
  3. more eminent Colours, bur even co all their inter- tvo Colours be mixed, which in che Series oE chole
  4. nediare Gradations.
  5. generared by che Prilm, are nor roo far. distan
  6. 2. Toche lame dexree ot Retransibiliey ever one trom anocher, chey, by cheir murual alloy
  7. Belones rhe lame Colour, and co the lâme Colour compound chac Colour which in the laid Series ap.
  8. ever belones che same deprec ot Retransibilier. Peareth in che midvar berween chem; bur chose
  9. The least Refransible Rays are all dispoled ro ex- irtich are siruared ar r0o preat a distance, do nor
  10. tibic a Red Colour, and corrrarily chose KaYS (0. Oranse and Indico PrOdUCC NOE che Incere-
  11. Which are dispoled ro extiibit a Red Colour, are alI diare Crcen, nor Scarlet and Green the intermedi-
  12. che least Refransible; (0 che most Refransible Rays are Tellon
  13. are all dispoled eo exhibit a deep Violet Colour, and
  14. 7. Buc che most surprisine and wondersul Com.
  15. contrarily riose that are apr eo extibie such a Vio- polition uras thar ot irhiteness. There is no one
  16. let Colour are all che most Refransible: And (0Torr oE Rays alone intrich can exhibit chis. Tis
  17. all che intermediace Colours in a conrinued series ever compounded, and ro is Composition are re
  18. belone ro incermediare Desrees of Retransibilirr. quisice all the atorelaid Primary Coleurs, mixed
  19. And chis Analoo wixe Colours and Retransibili- in a due proxorrion; for all che Celours ot che
  20. cy, is very precile and Ariet; che Rays alvars Prilm beins made ro converge, and chereby ro be
  21. eicher exactly agrecins in borh, os proporrionably again mixed as chey. vere in the Lishe betore il
  22. dilaerceins in boch.
  23. as incident upon cheerism, will reproduce Lighe
  24. 3. TheSpecies ot Colour, and degree oE Retrangi incirely and persectir Whire, and nor ac all len
  25. bilicy proper ro any particular Porr of Rays, is noc sibly difterins trom a direet Lisbe ol che Sun, un
  26. mutable by Retraction, nor by Rehection trom rels when the Crlaces are nor lusciently clear.
  27. Nacural Bodies, nor any orher Cause rhac conld
  28. 8. Tence cheretore ir comes ro pals, charmBite
  29. be yer oblerred uhen any one Corr ot Rays hach ness is che ulual Colour ot Lisht; For Licht is a
  30. been ell parced trom chole oE ocher kinds, ic aF: consused accrecate of Rays indued rith all sorts o
  31. cerwards obsinarely recained is Colour norwirhi- Coloursi as they are promiscuousty darted from the
  32. sandins aIl endearoursro chanse ir. Thouph re- various paris of Luminous Bodies. And oF luch a
  33. tracted wich Prilms, and reftected with Bodies, contuled Aogresare is generared Whiteness, il
  34. Wwhich in Day-lighe vere oE orher Colours; harins chere be a due provorrion osthe Ingredienes; bue
  35. also incercepred ic ich che coloured Film ot Aiif any one predominare, che Lishu must incline to
  36. intercedins tuo compressed Plates oF Olass; trans- chat Colour, as ic happens in ihe Blue Flame ot
  37. inirted ic chro orher coloured Mediums, and chro Brimstone; che Pellon Flame ot 2 C andle; and
  38. Mlediums ieradiaced wih ocher sorrs ot Rays, che rarious Colours ot the tixed Stars.
  39. and diversy cerminated ic; and vec could never
  40. 9. Thele chines considered, che manner hom
  41. Produce any netr Colour our of it. Ir would by Colours are produced by the Prism is erident: FOr
  42. concractins or dilorins become more brist or taine, che Rays consticurins che incident Liphr, lince
  43. and by the loss ot manr Lays, in some Cales, ve- chole chac disser in Colour proporrionably disser in
  44. ey oblcure and dark; bur could be never seen ro Retransibiliey, chey, by cheir unequal Retractions
  45. Change in specie.
  46. 1. Pec leemine TranIuaLIOnS OE Ciolours ma
  47. be made ivhere there is any mixture ot divers
  48. must be severed and dispersed inco an obionq Form
  49. in an orderly succestion trom che least retracted
  50. Scarterro rhe mont retracted Violer. And tor the
  51. TOrES OF RayS; For in Cuch Mixcures che Compo- Tame realon ic is, thar Objects Wvhen lock d upor
  52. nent Colours appear nor, bur by cheir mucual al-
  53. lavine cach ocher, consticure a middline Colour;
  54. chrouxh a Prilm, appear coloured: For the dif
  55. form Rays, by cheir unequal Retractions, acc
  56. and cheretore, il by Retraction, or any orher oE made ro diverge cowards leveral paris of che Re-
  57. che atorelaid Causes, the Difform Rays, larenr in tina, andchere exprels che Images ot chings co-
  58. Cuch a Mlixture, be separared there Mall emerpe
  59. Colours disterene from the Colour oF che Compolei
  60. on; Which colours are noc new generared, bue
  61. onty made apparene by beins parred; For is chey
  62. be asain incirely mixe and blended cogether thez
  63. evii 2g2 in compose chat Colour, Which chey did bc.
  64. loured, as they do che Suns Image uxon a W all.
  65. And by chis inequaliry ot Retractions they be
  66. come nor omly coloured, bur also very contuled
  67. and indistinct.
  68. 10. Why ché Colours oF ihe Rainbon appear in
  69. falline droxs of Rain, is also trom hence evident;
  70. tore sexaracion. And For the lame reason, Prans. for rhole drops which retract the Rays dispoled id
  71. murations made by che convenins of divers Colours
  72. arc noc real; for Wwhen che Ditform Rays are a
  73. 3ain sovered, they will exhibir che very lame Co-
  74. appear Purple in grearest quantier ro rhe specta-
  75. FOrS EyC, retract che Rays OF orher Torrs so muchi
  76. lels, 25 r0 make rhem pals beside ic; and such are
  77. lours, which chei did belore they encered cheC om- che Drops on the inside oF che Primary BoW, ane
  78. policion; 25 vou sec Dluc and Tellon Pouders, on cheourside ot the Secondary, or exreriour one:
  79. irhen Anely trixed, appear ro chenaked Eye Green
  80. and vet che Colours oE che Componene Corpulcles
  81. S0 chese Drops wtich retract in ercacest pleney
  82. che Rays, apr eo appear Red roward che specta
  83. are che Drops on che Exreriour Parr of che Prima-
  84. are nor chereby really crantmured bur onty blend. cors Fyc, retract thole ot orher POrrS (o much
  85. ed; for when rien d wich 2 800d Mlellcope, more as 10 make ihem pals beside ic; and such
  86. chey Hill appeal Dub and lellom incersperledly
  87. 5. Lhere are cheretore rwo lorrs et Colours, che ey, and Inceriour Parr ot che Secondary BoW.
  88. one Original aha Slusple, che orher compounded
  89. 1I. Lhe odd Phaenomena oF an Intusion OE
  90. DEchese. LdC Grigimal and Primar Cotours are Lienum Nephriticum, Leas-Cold, Fraements of co-
  91. ed, Tellom. Crcen, Blue, and a Violet-Purple, E0- loured Class, and some orher rransparenely colou
  92. Belher wich Orance, Indico, and an indetinire va
  93. riety ot intermediare Gradations.
  94. 6. The lame Colours in Specié wich chele PIL
  95. mary ones may be also produced Dy Composition; HanCeS ADE LB FeHCCE One TOxE OE Liphe and cran-
  96. red Bodies appearins LA OHC LOHTION OL OnCCD.
  97. lour, and oE anocher il adve, auc o Thele
  98. Elounds no longer Riddles; For thole are Sub.
  99. d L Mlecure oE hellom and L lue maties orect, ot smic anoihet; as mas be teen in a dact Reom. b.
  100. iaita

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