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

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  1. Red Or Bluc, ere by che Incerpolirion ol Come) Thele chines harins been provd. Cays be, ct
  2. Body incercepred ac the Lens; ihe Image in the Sum ot alt ehis amounes ro che Proposition heree
  3. Focus nould never appear Whice, buc lome hor be prord; tor il che sun sliphris mixed ot serera
  4. coloured; (0 thar ro makre Whirenels che blending Corrs of Rays, cach ot which have orixinally cheir
  5. or mixcure of all. cho RayS is necesarY. And Sereral Retransibilicies and coloritiek Qualicies, ane
  6. chen in
  7. norwichstanding cheir Retractions and Refectione
  8. and cheir rarious Separarions and Mixcures. Kecr
  9. thole cheir original Properries perpecually che lam
  10. Iu a Mtixcure of Primary Colouts, e Olanti.Wichour altoration; ihen aIl che Colours in che
  11. cy and Oualiey ot cach beine
  12. Eteus olo Nortd must be such as constantly ouxtr co arile
  13. by Lishr, and depend noc on the Porver oF I-
  14. trom the orixinal coloritick Oualiries ot ihe Ray
  15. Whereot che Lishes consist by which chole Colours
  16. are seen: And cheretore, it the reason ot any Co
  17. lour wharever be required, we have nochine elle
  18. ro do bur co consider hom che Rays in chesuns
  19. inaginarion, are cirter rhe Colours of Flomo. Liphchare by Refections, or Retractions, or orter
  20. seneal Liphes, or compounded ot such; and Caules been parred trom one anocher, or mixedto
  21. EHAE CICHet acCuLaCeIY OF Ves) MCaIS, accOr
  22. Ms cocheRule ot che Peccams Problem.
  23. serher, or ocherwile ro And out wrhac Porrs of Rays
  24. are in che Lighe by which char Colour is made
  25. FOr Bosk TI. ProP. L. he BeWS, Thac the chan- and in whac Proporrion; and ihen by che latt
  26. ses ot Colours made by Retractions do noc arile Problem ro learn che Colour which oupluc co arile
  27. tron any new Modisicarions of che Rays imprest by mixins chole Rays Cor cheir Colours) in char
  28. hy chole Retractions, and by che rarious Termi
  29. narions ot Listr and Shndow, as has been checon
  30. sane and peneral Opinion ot Philolophers. IIC
  31. has likemise proved, thar che several Colours on
  32. che Ilomoseneal Rays do constanly antiver 10
  33. cheir deprees ot Retransibiliry (Prop. 1. Lib. 1.
  34. and Prop. 2. Fib. 2.) and chac cheir degrees otRle-
  35. frangibilier cannor be changed by Retractions and
  36. Refexions (Prop. 2. L. T.) and by consequence,
  37. thac chose Colours are likemile immurable: FIC
  38. has also prord directly by retractins and reftect-
  39. ins Hlomogeneal Lighis apare, char cheir Colours
  40. Proporrion. Atrer chis in
  41. Prop. VIII. and IX.
  42. IJe Bews, hour by chole dilcovered Properrieso
  43. Liehe ro explain che Colours made by Prisms
  44. and also those ofche Rain-bow. And chen in
  45. Prop. Z.
  46. By che Came discovered Properries oF LighE, h
  47. explains che Permanent Colours oF Nacural
  48. Bodies
  49. Shewing thac cheir Colours arise trom hence
  50. cannor be changed (Prop. 2. Lib. 2.) FIc has chac some Nacural Bedies refect Lome TOrIS 0
  51. prov d allo, Thac when the several Torrs ot Rays
  52. Rays, and others orher Porrs, more copionay and
  53. are mix d, and in crostins pals chrough che same Aronsly chan cherest. AS for instance, Minium
  54. Space, they do noc act (0 uxon one another, (0 as or Red. lead, reflects the least Retrangible, or Red
  55. eo chanse cach ochers coloritick Oualicies (Exp. makeins Rays, most copiouAY, and rhence apvears
  56. 10. L. 2.) buc by mixins cheir Actions in che Sen. Red. Bur Violers reffeet che most Retranpible
  57. sorium bexer a Senlation differins from whar cither most copiousy, and rhence hare cheir proper Co.
  58. vould do aparr, char is, a senlarion of a mean lour; and (0 ot ocher Bodies. Lvery Body re
  59. Rects the Rays oF irs oun Colour more copiont
  60. Colour berween cheir proper Colours, and parri-
  61. cularly wrhen by the Concourle and Mixcures oF than che rest, and from their excels and pre
  62. alI Torrs oF Rays a Wrhire Colour is produced, che,
  63. Whice is a Nixcure of all the Colours wbich che
  64. Rays vould have apaPE (Prop. 5. Lib. 2.) The
  65. dominance in che Reslected Lighr, hach ies C0
  66. lour.
  67. Then in his second Book. Part I. and IL. he
  68. Rays in châc Mixcure do noclole or alter cheir rakes inco Consideration che Phaenomena oF chole
  69. Several colorihck Oualicies, bur by aIl cheir vari
  70. ous kinds et Actions mix d in the sensorium, Be-
  71. Colours irhrich are observed in chin cransparene
  72. Bodies, makins many excellene Observations 2.
  73. sec a Senlacion ot a middlins Colour berween all Bour their Reflexions and Retractions, and dilco
  74. ehe Colours, which is Whicenels; For Whirenels verins mans chines as wondertul as they are cer
  75. is a mean berween all Colours, havins it selF in
  76. cain. And here he Ainds nem reason ro conclude
  77. difterenels r0 aII, (0 a5 wich equal Faciliey co be char che coloritick Disposicions ot Rays are alse
  78. ringed wich any of chem: A Red Ponder mixed connare wich chem and immurable; and conte.
  79. vich a licele Blue, or a Blue ich a lirele Red, quenely, chac all che Productions and Appearances
  80. doch nor presently lose ies Colour, buc a Whitc
  81. ot Coloars in the Worid are derived nor trom ans
  82. Ponder mixed wich any Colour is presencly rin- Physical Chanse caused in Lixhe by Resraction od
  83. sed ricti chac Colour, and is equally capable of) Resterion, buc only trom che various Mixtures or
  84. beins cinsed wich any ocher Colour wrhaterer: Separations oF RayS, by virrue of cheir differene
  85. Ile has likrewise Mown, chacas che suns Lighr is Retransibiliey or Resexibilier; and in ehrie respect
  86. mixed ot all Corrs oF Rays, (0 irs Whirenels is a tho Science ol Colours becomes a Speculacion as
  87. Nlixture oFche Colours of ali Porrs ot Rays; those, cruly Machemarical as any ocher part ot Opticks
  88. Rays havins trom ine san en seretat L. , THaE I5, 25 Far 25 cher depend on the Narure ot
  89. Torisick Oualiries as vell as cheir several ReFran- L.ixhr, and are nor Creatures oE ihe ImaxinATIOn
  90. setes, eca eel perpetually unctan., em. Aset ait IHC L’hird, he discourles opain
  91. Sed hocwichstandins any Retractions or Refecti- ot ihe permanene Colours of Nacural Bodies, and
  92. ons chey may ac any rime sufter, and chat woten. Mews the Analcey becween them and the Coloure
  93. eret a tee et ere Suirs LCuss lb) any mealis ob chin transparene Plates; a5 allo Chervins cheir
  94. ad B) HCCMCCCOM MH Cper. 9, and 10. L1b. l. OI, COMICHEIOHS, Ihereby ther resect some RayS
  95. By Retraction, 25 happens in all Retractions, se- more copiousy chan ochers: AS aI(O abour the Co
  96. paraced trom che rest, chen chey manitest cheir tours wvhich arise trom che Inftexion ot che RayS
  97. Scoper CgIOurS.
  98. Or Liphe: In all etichi chere is incerminea manis
  99. excellent
  100. lem
  101. Prop. VI. he propoles ehis
  102. che C otour ol che C ompoundo
  103. Prop. VII.
  104. AII etie Colours in che Dniverse wwhich are made

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