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" Thus (hall there be made two Bows of Colours, an interior and ftronger, by one reflexion in the Drops, and an exterior and fainter by two ; for the Light becomes fainter by every reflexion. "
An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Illustrated with Copper Plates - Page 276
by William Nicholson - 1805
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Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and ...

Isaac Newton - 1730 - 403 pages
...Superficies. Thus mall there be made two Bows of Colours, an interior and ftronger, by one Reflexion in the Drops, and an exterior and fainter by two ; for the Light becomes fainter by every Reflexion. ^ And their Colours mall lie in a contrary Order to one another, the red of both Bows bordering...
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A Compleat System of Opticks in Four Books, Viz. A Popular, a ..., Volume 1

Robert Smith - 1738 - 402 pages
...the drops in the A a 2 501. Thus fliall there be made two bows of colours, an interior and flrcnger by one reflection in the drops, and an exterior and...becomes fainter by every reflection. And their colours fliall lye in a contrary order to one another; the red of both bows bordering upon the fpace GF, which...
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A Course of Lectures in Natural Philosophy

Richard Helsham - 1767 - 458 pages
...furfaces. Thus then mall there be made two bows of colours, an interior and ftronger by one reflexion in the drops, and an exterior and fainter by two (for the light becomes fainter by every reflexion),- and their colours mall be in a contrary order to one another, the red of both bows bordering...
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Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy: Considered in It ..., Volume 2

George Adams - 1794 - 604 pages
...but in contrary order to the firft bow. Thus there will be C c 3 formed formed two bows of colours, an interior and ftronger by one reflection in the drops, and an exterior and fainter by two reflections, the light becoming fainter by every reflection : their colours will be in a contrary order...
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A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary: Containing an ..., Volume 2

Charles Hutton - 1815 - 686 pages
...where in those superficies. Thus there will be made two bows of colours, an interior and stronger, by one reflection in the drops, and an exterior and...each other, the red of both bows bordering upon the space GF, which is between the bows. The breadth of the interior bow, EOF, measured across the colours,...
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The Rainbow Bridge: Rainbows in Art, Myth, and Science

Raymond L. Lee, Alistair B. Fraser - 2001 - 654 pages
...Descartes, Newton notes that there will be "two Bows of Colours, an interior and stronger, by one Reflexion in the Drops, and an exterior and fainter by two; for the Light becomes fainter by every Reflexion" out of the drop.'21 He calculates the widths of the two bows and notes that the secondary...
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