 | William Clarke - 1855 - 722 páginas
...retina before preceding impressions have departed. DECOMPOSITION Of II.; in. Sir Isaac Newton first divided a white ray of light, and found it to consist...assemblage of coloured rays, which formed an image upon a wall, and in which were displayed the following aolours : red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,... | |
 | Jane Marcet - 1858 - 630 páginas
...Isaac Newton, to whom we are indebted for the most important discoveries respecting light and colours, was the first who divided a white ray of light, and...assemblage of coloured rays, which formed an image such as you now see exhibited upon the wall (fig. 4.), in which are displayed the following series... | |
 | 1875 - 708 páginas
...the retina before preceding impressions have departed. DECOMPOSITION Or LIGHT. Sir Isaac Newton first divided a white ray of light, and found it to consist...assemblage of coloured rays, which formed an image npon a wall, and in which were displayed the following colours : red, orange, yellow, green, blue,... | |
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... appear colourless or white. Sir Isaac Newton, to whom we are indebted for the most important discoveries respecting light and colours, was the first who divided a white ray of light, and found it to consist of an assemblage of coloured rays, which... 
