The Life of Sir Isaac NewtonHarper & Bros., 1843 - 314 páginas |
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... received from his illustrious predecessors . The ignorance which then prevailed respecting the nature and origin of colours is sufficiently ap- parent from the account we have already given of Dr. Barrow's speculations on this subject ...
... received from his illustrious predecessors . The ignorance which then prevailed respecting the nature and origin of colours is sufficiently ap- parent from the account we have already given of Dr. Barrow's speculations on this subject ...
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... received laws of refraction , he expected the image MN to be circular , like the white image at W , which the sunbeam RR had formed on the wall previous to the interposition of the prism ; but when he found it to be no less than five ...
... received laws of refraction , he expected the image MN to be circular , like the white image at W , which the sunbeam RR had formed on the wall previous to the interposition of the prism ; but when he found it to be no less than five ...
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... the beam RR was separated into its ele- B H Fig . 5 . Violet Indigo Blue Green Yellow Orang Red OW mentary colours by the prism ABC , he received the colours on another prism BCB ' , held either close 52 32 SIR ISAAC NEWTON .
... the beam RR was separated into its ele- B H Fig . 5 . Violet Indigo Blue Green Yellow Orang Red OW mentary colours by the prism ABC , he received the colours on another prism BCB ' , held either close 52 32 SIR ISAAC NEWTON .
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... received laws of refraction . " When this letter was shown to Newton , he refused * This gentleman was the author of a paper in the Philosophical Transactions , entitled " Optical Assertions concerning the Rainbow . " How such a paper ...
... received laws of refraction . " When this letter was shown to Newton , he refused * This gentleman was the author of a paper in the Philosophical Transactions , entitled " Optical Assertions concerning the Rainbow . " How such a paper ...
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... give an account of the numerous and important additions which this branch of optics has received from the discoveries of acceeding authors . CHAPTER VII . Newton's Theory of the Colours of Natural COLOURS OF THAK PLATES . 81.
... give an account of the numerous and important additions which this branch of optics has received from the discoveries of acceeding authors . CHAPTER VII . Newton's Theory of the Colours of Natural COLOURS OF THAK PLATES . 81.
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