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... coloured ray , and absorbing the others ; whilst other bodies have a tendency to reflect all the colours , and others again to absorb them all . A body appears to be of the colour which it reflects ; as we see it only by reflected rays ...
... coloured ray , and absorbing the others ; whilst other bodies have a tendency to reflect all the colours , and others again to absorb them all . A body appears to be of the colour which it reflects ; as we see it only by reflected rays ...
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... Colours . ( 39. ) THE colours exhibited by refracted and reflected light were phenomena with which philosophers had been familiar before the time of Newton . These ef- fects were generally ascribed to the ac- tion of the reflecting or ...
... Colours . ( 39. ) THE colours exhibited by refracted and reflected light were phenomena with which philosophers had been familiar before the time of Newton . These ef- fects were generally ascribed to the ac- tion of the reflecting or ...
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... colours produces white . If any of the colours of the spectrum be intercepted , the paper will appear to be illuminated with that colour which would be produced by the mixture of those which remain ; a circumstance which further ...
... colours produces white . If any of the colours of the spectrum be intercepted , the paper will appear to be illuminated with that colour which would be produced by the mixture of those which remain ; a circumstance which further ...
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POPULAR INTRODUCTIONS to NATURAL PHILOSOPHY By | i |
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MARCET icx | 10 |
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