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

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  1. aH che leas Gradarions are elteemd disserent) in irs Palsage chrousli differene diaptianous B0
  2. Sounds.
  3. LCLC+L2H5.
  4. 1. The Suns Lighe consists oF Rays disserine
  5. by indetinice Desrees ot Retransibilier.
  6. 2. Kays which differ in Retransibilier, uten
  7. parred trom onc anocher, do proportionably dit
  8. dies 10 procced trom hie Medium hindering
  9. che Diffusion Or Distribution ot Lishe chrouotr
  10. more ot che Parrs oE chis Medium, and conte-
  11. queney icmar be Caid roDe less illuminable: FOr
  12. Fromche Nacure oFic, Lishe endearours ro disfuse
  13. ic selE. And che contrarr, by hou much Lieht
  14. does more equally or unitormly affect rhe PaTS
  15. oF che Medium, wtiich ic entigticens; or by hou
  16. et in che Colours whichcher exhibit. These much ic communicares irs Finergy ro more oE che
  17. Tio Propositions are Macter OF Fact.
  18. 3. Thère are as many simple or Llomogeneal
  19. Particles oF che entighuned space, chac Medium
  20. mas be said ro be by (o muehr che more illumi-
  21. evers Deoree ot Retransibilier, belonss 2 dif-
  22. nable, Ox less eo resist che Proorels oC Lisht.
  23. Whence ic is, chac by ho muchche aftected
  24. Ferene Colour, by Prop. 2. And char Colour is Parrs of che Medium are more solid and smalli
  25. Simple, by Def. 1. and 3.
  26. a. Trhicenels in all respecto, like that oF the
  27. Suns immediate Lighe, and of all theusual Ob-
  28. and admir becween chem che less space tor any
  29. ocher Feterogeneous Matrer, Thac sutters not by
  30. Lishe; br e0 much che Medium 1s laid 10 be
  31. jects oE our Scules, canmot be compounded ot more entichined.
  32. curo simple Colours alone: For such a Compo-
  33. sicion must be made by Rars chac hare ontr
  34. tiro Degrees ot Retransibilitr, by Def. L and 3.
  35. Ard cheretore ic cannor be likre char of che Suns
  36. Cixhe, by Prop. T. Nor, For che Came Reason,
  37. like chac ot ordinarr Wrhire Objects.
  38. 5. Trhirenels in all respects, likre that oE the
  39. Suns imimediare Lighe, cannoc be compounded
  40. ot Simple Colours, wichout an indetinite Varierr
  41. ot chem. For ro Tuch a Composicion chere are
  42. required RayS endued wich aII che indetinire
  43. And ris cerrain chac Resistance ust procced
  44. From che Contact oF uvo Bodies; and Contact,
  45. cirher Active or Passive, belones onty to Body.
  46. The Second Properer chac contirms Licht 1o
  47. be a Body, ad a Body moved ox chrust forvard.
  48. i5, Thac ic requires Time ro pals troim one Place
  49. to another, and does it nor in an Instant, buc is
  50. Onty ot aIl Morions che quickest. FOr MF. RO.
  51. mer has demonstrated, berond all Concradiction.
  52. trom che Obserrarions oF the immersions and
  53. Emersions oE che Satellits ot Fupiter, That Lieht
  54. Deorees oF Retransibilier, by Prop. P. Andchole requires the Time of one Second to move the Space
  55. inter as many simple Colours, by Def. r. and 3.
  56. and Prop. 2. 2nd 3
  57. 6. Thekays ol Liehr do nor aet on one no.
  58. ther, in pastins chrouch che same Medium.
  59. of 3000 Leagues, or 9000 Miles, which is near
  60. the Farths Diameter: 25 may be seen in che
  61. Fournal des Scavans, 1676; Decemb. 7. Philos.
  62. Trans. TTuM. 136; OF MT. NertonS Philos. Na-
  63. 7. The RaYS OF Lishc sucter noc any Chanse cur. Princ. Math. Lib. T. Schol. Prop. 96. Where
  64. oE cheir Oualiries trom Retraction.
  65. ris afferred, Thac Lishe requires abouc 10MI-
  66. 8. Noc asterwards From the adjacent quier nutes Time to come trom che sun t0 he F arth.
  67. Medium. Fhele cvo Proposicions are manifest And ris most evidene, wichour chis Allovance
  68. de facto in Fomoseneal Lisht, Whole Colour and
  69. Retransibilier is noc ac all chansable, cither by
  70. For che Time spene in Lishes Morion, che AP.
  71. Pearances oF che satellites Feliples and Fmer-
  72. Retraction or by Conterminarion ot che Ouiet Tions, are nor co be explicated by any Fxcentri-
  73. Medium.
  74. And ad For Heteroseneat Lisht. Llo ul aMt A8
  75. gresare oF several Corrs oF TTomogeneat Lisht:
  76. No one Torr oF Wrhich, susters ans more Alera-
  77. tion chen il ic vere alone, because che RaYS
  78. ret noc oneupon auocher, by Prop. 6. And There-
  79. city or ocher Fyporhetis.
  80. A Third PrOOF MaE LishF IS 2 BodY, IS, TMaE
  81. it cannor by any AI Or Contrirance Whatsoerer
  82. De increas d Or diministed; chac is tO CaY, We
  83. cannor masnisie (For Instance) ihe Lishe OF che
  84. Sun, Or a Candle, no more chan ve can maens
  85. a Cubick Inch: For Wwhenever we lec Licht In
  86. duced out oF Lighe by Retraction, wteh alc) crealed, ris by robbins of lome ocher P’art ot
  87. noc commine u Il betore; becaute, Prop. 7. che Medium of its Lighr, or by bringins che
  88. RetrangibilII).
  89. Binal.
  90. Cla(s, by wxtich che et ban to atas
  91. sic a Cubick Inch oF CMu, O Make L More Ca
  92. Forethe Agoresace can lustet ene
  93. 9. There ean no TTomoseneal Colours be re-
  94. ehe Rars, buc oris sepatales clere ch hare chroush some ocher Parr, ro che more entighr-
  95. and 8. Retraction chanseth nor the Oualiries oF Lighe, chac naturally Mould hare been dittuled
  96. divers Oualiries, by means of their differene ened Place. Thus, For Instance, in a Burning-
  97. 20. The Suris Lighe is an AgGreeate oF an (Mereased in ilS FocIS, or Dumine- Poine; We are
  98. indesinite Variey oF Flomogeneal Colours, by Arst to consider, thac in chis Focus the Imase ot
  99. Prop. T. 5. and 9. And hence ic is thac FTomo- che sun is projected, as beins che distinet Base et
  100. chere is cast che Arons Shrado ot che whole
  101. Breadeh ot che Burnins-Ia(s: For all rheRay
  102. gereal Colours mas be called Primicire or Ori ee Ctals. Ala Seconaly. Wemay oblerve al
  103. round abour chis brighe Spor oF che SunsImage
  104. ThacLizhe is a BOdY, M. Molyneux in his Diop-
  105. tricts prores trom the rarious Proverries ot ic. AS,
  106. . By che AAection oF its beins Refracted, is
  107. trom the Sun, chât Woue ilare Fallen on this
  108. manifest chac Lishe in its Passase chroussi chis and croided etse cs s Spol, chere
  109. and c’ocher diaptonous Body, does find a diffe-
  110. rent Resistance. No is unconceirable hou
  111. any thins buc Body Mould Custer Resistance; bur Pele. FOr corer all the Burnins-Cla(S, Cx-
  112. Olbad Thadea Spacc, are no broughe cogether
  113. raisins 2 visorous Lishe and violent LCat.
  114. This is abundanly contirmed by an easie FX
  115. ue may concerre che delllanee thacLisd lulelo s cep oue hglcoupe opace in no Mialle, que

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