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1. 01Full text
2. 02OPTICKS:
3. 03OR, A
4. 04TREATISE
5. 05OF THE
6. 06OF
7. 07LIGHT.
8. 08LONDON:
9. 09TITLE PAGE OF THE 1730 EDITION
10. 10SIR ISAAC NEWTON'S ADVERTISEMENTS
11. 11_I. N._
12. 12_I. N._
13. 13THE FIRST BOOK OF OPTICKS
14. 14_PART I._
15. 15_DEFINITIONS_
16. 16DEFIN. I.
17. 17DEFIN. II.
18. 18DEFIN. III.
19. 19DEFIN. IV.
20. 20DEFIN. V.
21. 21DEFIN. VI.
22. 22DEFIN. VII
23. 23DEFIN. VIII.
24. 24_AXIOMS._
25. 25AX. I.
26. 26AX. II.
27. 27AX. III.
28. 28AX. IV.
29. 29AX. V.
30. 30AX. VI.
31. 31AX. VII.
32. 32AX. VIII.
33. 33Introduction to Readers of quick Wit and good Understanding not yet
34. 34_PROPOSITIONS._
35. 35_PROP._ I. THEOR. I.
36. 36_PROP._ II. THEOR. II.
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38. 38Book might be made to converge and meet again at the distance of six
39. 39Book upon a Sheet of white Paper much after the manner of the second
40. 40_PROP._ III. THEOR. III.
41. 41_PROP._ IV. PROB. I.
42. 42_PROP._ V. THEOR. IV.
43. 43_PROP._ VI. THEOR. V.
44. 44NG × CG
45. 45_PROP._ VII. THEOR. VI.
46. 464
47. 47Part of half the Aperture of the Glass, or 55th Part of the whole
48. 48Part of six Feet and an Inch (the distance between the Lens and the same
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56. 56Part of the violet which was next the indigo; and sometimes I could see
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58. 58Part of their whole distance from it. And the Diameter of the Circle in
59. 59Part of the Diameter of the Aperture of the Glass. And if you add the
60. 605
61. 61_PROP._ VIII. PROB. II.
62. 62THE FIRST BOOK OF OPTICKS
63. 63_PART II._
64. 64_PROP._ I. THEOR. I.
65. 65_PROP._ II. THEOR. II.
66. 66_DEFINITION._
67. 67_PROP._ III. PROB. I.
68. 68_PROP._ IV. THEOR. III.
69. 69_PROP._ V. THEOR. IV.
70. 70Part of the Colours by the interposed Tooth, whilst the rest of them
71. 71Book, and let the same be viewed through a Prism _abc_, held parallel to
72. 72_PROP._ VI. PROB. II.
73. 73_PROP._ VII. THEOR. V.
74. 74_PROP._ VIII. PROB. III.
75. 75_PROP._ IX. PROB. IV.
76. 76_PROP._ X. PROB. V.
77. 77Book, you place Bodies of several Colours, you will find, as I have
78. 78Book. In this Proposition I content my self to have put it past dispute,
79. 79_PROP._ XI. PROB. VI.
80. 80THE
81. 81SECOND BOOK
82. 82OF
83. 83OPTICKS
84. 84_PART I._
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101. 101THE
102. 102SECOND BOOK
103. 103OF
104. 104OPTICKS
105. 105_PART II._
106. 106/ \
107. 107THE
108. 108SECOND BOOK
109. 109OF
110. 110OPTICKS
111. 111_PART III._
112. 112PROP. I.
113. 113PROP. II.
114. 114PROP. III.
115. 115PROP. IV.
116. 116PROP. V.
117. 117PROP. VI.
118. 118PROP. VII.
119. 119PROP. VIII.
120. 120PROP. IX.
121. 121PROP. X.
122. 122Book, I shall conclude this part with a few more Propositions. Those
123. 123PROP. XI.
124. 124PROP. XII.
125. 125DEFINITION.
126. 126PROP. XIII.
127. 127PROP. XIV.
128. 128PROP. XV.
129. 129PROP. XVI.
130. 130PROP. XVII.
131. 131PROP. XVIII.
132. 132PROP. XIX.
133. 133PROP. XX.
134. 134THE
135. 135SECOND BOOK
136. 136OF
137. 137OPTICKS
138. 138_PART IV._
139. 139Book appeared between the Object-glasses, and upon Bubbles of Water, but
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141. 141THE
142. 142THIRD BOOK
143. 143OF
144. 144OPTICKS
145. 145_PART I._
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156. 156Part of an Inch, and falling upon the Paper makes the Fringes of the
157. 157Book. And then I found that the Shadows of all Bodies held in the
158. 158Book _De la Lumiere_. This Crystal is a pellucid fissile Stone, clear as
159. 159Part of an Inch, will go through that Surface, and through the Air or
160. 160Part of the second Book. But, if the second Glass be taken away, the