OpticksFirst published in the year 1704, Sir Isaac Newton's book 'Opticks' analyzes the fundamental nature of light by means of the refraction of light with prisms and lenses, the diffraction of light by closely spaced sheets of glass, and the behaviour of color mixtures with spectral lights or pigment powders. |
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Opticks:: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and ... Sir Isaac Newton Visualizzazione completa - 1721 |
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