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

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  1. thanthe ocher (2iz.) 25 in c d ef. The tcalon 0
  2. rohict appearance is, char Blne is iibC Leltat.
  3. ficte than Red.
  4. Elen che Paper M N alide a licene lrom its let-
  5. pendiculariey coche Cla(S, ehe chird Column wtrich
  6. vetore appeared Wrhice ill all appear in Colours
  7. aritins ouc ot the Whire, and sreamins rowards
  8. vou, beins alvays in a plain P’erpendicular to rhe
  9. Axis oF che Prilm.
  10. Erom ehis Experiment and che forepoine Do-
  11. ctrinc, e have che realon why a Shcer of Whire
  12. Paper, or the like, appears coloured onty ac tho
  13. Edses, For there ouly che Colours wane orhers to
  14. mix wich ehem: In che midale, cakins ans Poine
  15. che several Colours trom lo many orher POinrsmeet
  16. chere asmake Whire. For instance,
  17. Let er be any licrle Parricle
  18. in che midale ot a wwhire Sur-
  19. race, Whose other Colours
  20. sreamins rowards B, leare che
  21. Parricle rr ic self Red, a5 the
  22. Squares will do in the last Fxpe.
  23. riment. The Tello ot che
  24. Parricle yy, the Green oF che
  25. Parricle 58, the BIue oF che 3:...: y
  26. Parricle bb, d0 alI reer on ThC
  27. Parricle rr, which is Red.
  28. B
  29. (For it b b evere a Whire Parricle, and aII
  30. Black abour ic, ies Blue Colour ould be seen ux
  31. on rr; and it e x vere anocher, ies Blue would
  32. be belon rr, and its Creen upon ic, (90.) and (0
  33. chere being a concurrence oF aII the Colours thAE
  34. mate ux Whire, it consequencly axpears Whires
  35. The Caine is ro be Caid ot any orher P’arricle Iyine
  36. lo Far From che Fdses as co hare ocher Parricles
  37. berween to crantmit cheir Colours.
  38. IF a square Paper Deheld (0 Areiphe betore vou
  39. in a streiphr Line 5 or 6 lirele Squares of Whire rhac che ruo side Fdgesbe in a plain Perpendicular
  40. Paper, abour che bignels and ac che distance as ) ro che Axis of the Clals, chey will be White, aHa
  41. no Colours appear bur at che rop and borrom, the
  42. any wohire Spor chrouph che Cila(S, ana iHen turn
  43. hisher rhan the ocher.
  44. So in the Position ot the GtalS D F. che wtire
  45. Spor alcends irs Colours cowards b, and in che Po.
  46. Black SpOC, 25 A upon a Paper, be view d chrouph
  47. on it, and under che lorver parr will appear Red
  48. mmo
  49. Lhro will more tully appear, it instead ofthe BI1
  50. Silk C F, there bc lec tall in the place et l
  51. c ade Rays trom anocher Prilm (che oche
  52. Colous being incercepred by a Paper wich:
  53. Square Hole for the Blue co pals chrough.) II
  54. ehe SIIK AE and che Blue Square C F b
  55. vievo d chrouoh a Prilm (a5 betore) che Blu
  56. Wil appear tar belo, a5 ac R L, chis u
  57. a more pertect Blue chan aus e can
  58. bc oF.
  59. o
  60. Experiment V.
  61. Le MIN Be che Black Cover oE a B00K, Pa.
  62. per coloured Bldck, ol ele nC; Wbon wrhich lay
  63. mixe chey produce Wbiteness, and appear a5 in
  64. ehe Fioure, Ars Column. View chele chroueh a
  65. Priim 10 25 Chac che Rou oF licele Squares have i15 Preamins oF ihe Colours beine in sucH a Perpe
  66. IaE EO THC AX OF the PriIm, an abOUE EWO FOOE
  67. oF Colours proccedins trom every Square comards
  68. ehe nexl Dearer vou, che Colours arisino oue of
  69. cach Whire Square. Nove chele Squares neaF 1O
  70. one anCHer, OF pur Ochers berween them, as in
  71. ihe second Column; (Aill Keepins chem in a
  72. Araighe Line) and rou will sec as they come near
  73. thac the Colours mixins one wich anocher, will al
  74. rer, appedachins nearer ro Whiro, eill chesquares
  75. collen, alu inen all che Colours beins pertect
  76. onc end romards rou, or ve in a plain perpendicu. dicular Plain; as may be observed by lookine at
  77. alstance trom the GlalS, (0 will vou see 2 Scream ins is a lirele obliquely c0 che Horizon, or oncend
  78. sirion FG the Colours sream From a 10 c. IF=
  79. thePrilm, che cop will have Creen and Bluc up
  80. and Tellon; the reason of ertrich is; that Mhe
  81. ihe chird Column, a Whice Line, opty caes dericti Blue comes trom che Whice abore ic, ane applarS
  82. Red ac the cop and Blue ac the borrom, there bc- on rhe Black, chere beins no orher Colours coMII
  83. inx no orher Colours cominu trom abore co mix wich ir: The Red appears under the SpOc becaule
  84. nich che uppermost Red, nor any Colours Lelov che Black Spor trantmirs no ortier Colours 1omix
  85. ihe Bluc ac borcom sor ic r0 mix wich. HF you wich cheRed.
  86. Exper

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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences, fol. - . Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/806933011:0195?run=74