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

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  1. Experiment V.
  2. Refexibilier, ald Thole Rays are more R
  3. fexicre Which are more Retrangible chano
  4. This, wtick lecaIs Eo be a Curprisine Proper
  5. Ot Lighe nor betore ducovered, he proves in hie
  6. ibhere ris erident, chac the Rays wichin a Prism
  7. anel retracted by ils Bale ac cheir goins our inre
  8. AII, beins by che Rerblurion ot che Priim roune
  9. ies Axis, made 10 obique roche Base as chereby i
  10. ds made by che commion Bale oF ruo Prilins
  11. placed (o ropecher a5 lo mate 2 Paralle loxiped:
  12. Hold che Prism (0 1o che Sun as char theC0-
  13. lours may appear axon a larse Plain Wall, a5 a
  14. B, curn che Prilm (vistly aboue iis AXIS, (0 a
  15. chac che Colours may more lvitus ux au dot
  16. 25 trom B1bC.
  17. Phe Sunis Piehe conbllo ot Raps diterine
  18. och and roch Experiments ot che FirH Bock
  19. begin ro be rorally restected by ir: Then he Mems
  20. chac chese Rays became Airst oF aIl rorally reflect
  21. ed, wotich betore ac equal Incidences with cherest
  22. had suttered che grearest Retraction; and the lame
  23. chins he found co hapuen also when the Refexion
  24. a5 in che Loch Experiment.
  25. Prop. IV. Probl. 1.
  26. To sexatare trom ehe anocter the Fomogchab
  27. Rays et Compound LigHI
  28. S0 Will chere appear no Colour distinct; bur
  29. Fainc whire Screak beruocen B and C, Which (0 ap.
  30. Dears because by che switiness oF che Morion, che
  31. leveral Colours are contounded and mixed, and
  32. theretore appear Whice. Then move che Glals in
  33. such manner, thac che Colours may move side
  34. wars and (witels trom B eo D, in irhich cale che
  35. Colours will noc dilappear bur make a lort ot Lilt
  36. ot leveral Colours, becaule cher are noc mixe ec
  37. make Whitenels, buc cach Colour kecps in ils oue
  38. Linc.
  39. Experiment VII.
  40. In a dark Room, havins a licrle Hole For ch
  41. Suris Rays to come in, apply che Prism to che
  42. Fole (0 a5 chac che Colours may appear on a WN aII
  43. Blue Silk in ihe Colours severally, and ic will ap
  44. Lhis he proves in his sch, 12Th, 13ch, and igl
  45. Priim placed at IhC MIIAIL HOsC Ot a darkened
  46. Spectrum as to breadch, nor enerease ies Pimentione
  47. chac way: AS alIo, chac Llomogeneal Lighe retta
  48. cted by a Prism did noc exhibit an oblons colour.
  49. ed Image, as tlererogeneal Lixhe dorh, bur chat a
  50. round Spor ot ic as by the Prilm retracted exact
  51. peur clear ot che Colour ot che Rays char fall on ly in che lame Figure and ot che lame Colour ie
  52. ic, (viZ.) Red Wwhile che Red Lighe falls uxon i
  53. and Vellow when che Tellon Lighe fails on ic
  54. Buc oF all che Colours will most stronely restect
  55. che Blue, che Surtace beins most disposed co re.
  56. Aect chole RayS, (9C.
  57. Then vien a quantiey oF Vermilion, or 2 licrle
  58. avas of betore che nem Retraction; and mOreOVes
  59. thac Flies and luch litre (mall Objects placed in
  60. Hlomogeneal Liphe, and vierved chrough a Prism
  61. evere noc thereby ac aIl rendred contuled and in-
  62. distinct a5 eo appearance, whereas it placed in
  63. Flererogeneal Liphr and vieved alter the same
  64. piece oF scarter silk in che Blue Liptr, and rwill manuer, chey scemed epresionas contuled.
  65. appear Bluc, and Creen in che Creen Lighe; bui
  66. ot aIl ehe Colours twill most Arongly refect che
  67. Scarter Rays and appear deepest ot char Colour.
  68. This Experimene contrms che 8ch Propolicion,
  69. Thac Bodies appear of che Colour oF chole Rays
  70. thacare most plencitully reflected trom che Body
  71. E0 theE) C. ThusTar NIT. Perks.
  72. Tean nou ontr sive pou sone et cu Proposition
  73. OF NIr. Nemcon S excellene Book oF Opricks, relarins
  74. 2o che Doctrine oF Lighe and Colours, wich Pome- Loom chrough che parallel Surtacé ot ruo Prisus
  75. chins trom him by way oE Proot and IIlustrarion in Fastened rogecher in rhe forin ot a Parallelopiped.
  76. che most Eminene and Marerial POinS.
  77. Prop. I.
  78. Prop. V
  79. Llomogeneal Lise Lestacleu Cuat, Wc
  80. Cac any Dilacarion, splucins et Malletnq ol
  81. Ca Lazos ana inc contulca rtaba etD.
  82. sects leen chrouoh retractins Bodies bflie
  83. cerogeneal Liehi, ariles trout e metene
  84. transibiliry ot leveral lOrtS OF RaYS.
  85. Experimenes; trom whence ic appears, chac che
  86. cross Polirion ot a second Prism, to retract che
  87. Lixhr of the Sun which eame eo ic trom a formet
  88. BOOX II. Prop.
  89. The Phaenomena OE Colours in ReRected or RC.
  90. Fracted Lighe arc noc cauled by ne Modi
  91. ficarions of che Lighe varioussy imprest, ac.
  92. cordins to che various Perminarions ot che
  93. Tiphe and Stradon.
  94. For by his 1och Experiment, BOVk L. TI CrICM
  95. thac the Suns Liphr beins cransimicied inco a dock
  96. became rorally ot one Colour (cirtier unitormly
  97. Tellom Or Rec) aE ies emeroins out oE the PritiM:
  98. In ehe production oC whsich Colour ehe Contine ob
  99. iado Che Chers) can have nochine o0, b
  100. cause the Lighe changes trem Whice 10 Tellou
  101. Oranse, ard Red successirely, Wichour any alce
  102. ration ot rhe Contine ot Shado: AC boch Edees ol
  103. Listes otrich ditter in Colour, culler 216 lle
  104. geecs ot Retranxibiliry.
  105. ls Retransible.
  106. Prox. Ll.
  107. Lhe Kixhe oC che sun consists oF Rays difserene. ( Ll PinS Lixhc Wvhere che contrari Continus
  108. t dhadom lodeur o cn oue

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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/806933011:0196?run=74