 Sizes, the least of which may take violet the weakest and darkest of the Colours, and be more easily diverted by refracting Surfaces from the right Course; and the rest as they are bigger and bigger, may make the stronger and more lucid Colours, blue,...  Elements of Chemical Philosophy - Page 118by Sir Humphry Davy - 1812 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Isaac Newton - 1730 - 432 pages
...Surfaces from the right Courfe ; and the reft as they are bigger and bigger, may make the ftronger and more lucid Colours, blue, green, yellow, and red,...more and more difficultly diverted. Nothing more is requifite for putting the Rays of Light into Fits of eafy Reftexion and eafy Tranfmiffion, than that... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1782 - 510 pages
...fubilinces from from the right courfe ; and the reft as they are bigger and bigger may take the ftronger and more lucid colours, blue, green, yellow, and red, and be more and more difficultly diverted.' This idea has been adopted without hesitation by every writer fince his time ; but Mr. Nicholfon (hews... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 782 pages
...1'urf.iccs from, the right courfe ; and the reft, as they are bigger ana bigger, make the ftronger and more lucid colours, blue, green, yellow, and red, and be more and mor< d'fficultly diverted. Nrzvton. a. To draw forces to a different pait. — The kings of F,r.glar;d... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1815 - 686 pages
...diverted by retracting surfaces from its rectilinear course; and the rest, as they are larger and larger, may make the stronger and more lucid colours, blue, green, yellow, and red. See COLOUR, LIGHT, REFRACTION, REFLECTION, INFLECTION, CONVERGING, DIVERGING, &c, &c. Among other qualities... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 pages
...diverted by refracting surface* from the right course ; and the rest, as they an bigger and bigger, make the stronger and more lucid colours, blue, green,...and red, and be more and more difficultly diverted. New ton. I would not exclude the common accident* of life, aor even things of a pleasant and diverting... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 pages
...diverted by refracting surfaces from the right course j and the rest, ai tb-y arc bigger and bigger, make the stronger and more lucid colours, blue, green,...yellow, and red, and be more and more difficultly dicer ted. Newton. I would not exclude the common accidents of life, îî-tr even things of a pleasant... | |
 | 1922 - 486 pages
...which may make violet the weakest and darkest of the Colours, and be more easily diverted by retracting Surfaces from the right Course; and the rest as they...requisite for putting the Rays of Light into Fits of easy Reflexion and easy Transmission, than that they be small Bodies which by their attractive Power*.,... | |
 | History of Science Society - 1928 - 392 pages
...different Sizes, the least of which may make violet the weakest and darkest of the Colours, and be more easily diverted by refracting Surfaces from the...and red, and be more and more difficultly diverted." (p. 397.) "I only say, that what ever it be, it's difficult to conceive how the Rays of Light, unless... | |
 | A. I. Sabra - 1981 - 372 pages
...different Sizes, the least of which may take violet the weakest and darkest of the Colours, and be more easily diverted by refracting Surfaces from the...yellow, and red, and be more and more difficultly diverted.42 Physiologically, the light corpuscles produce the various colour sensations by exciting... | |
 | Lisa M. Dolling, Arthur F. Gianelli, Glenn N. Statile - 2003 - 762 pages
...different sizes, the least of which may take violet the weakest and darkest of the colours, and be more easily diverted by refracting surfaces from the...bigger and bigger, may make the stronger and more lucid colors (blue, green, yellow, and red) and be more and more difficultly diverted. Nothing more is requisite... | |
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