...very near to the edges of any body are bent a little bv the action of the body, as we showed above ; but this bending is not towards but from the shadow,...soon as the ray is past the body, it goes right on." It is difficult to understand how the inflection of light into the shadow should have escaped so accurate...

...interposition of the Moon, Mercury, or Venus. The rays which pass very near to the edges of any body are bent by the action of the body ; but this bending is not...soon as the ray is past the body it goes right on." Had Newton varied his experiments, and observed carefully enough, he could have found a bending towards...

...but from the shadow, and is performed only in the passage of the ray u Prmcipia, Book II, Prop. XLII. by the body and at a very small distance from it....soon as the ray is past the body it goes right on." In the course of this query, Newton remarked:14 "And against filling the heavens with fluid mediums,...

...the Body, as we shew'd above ; but this bending is not towards but from the Shadow, and is perform'd only in the passage of the Ray by the Body, and at a very small distance from it ' (Opticks, my italics). 3 Eg Elements, book I, proposition ix ; the proof of the theorem that from...

...very near to the edges to any body are bent a little by the action of the body, as we shewed above; but this bending is not towards but from the shadow,...soon as the ray is past the body, it goes right on. To explain the unusual refraction of island crystal by pression or motion propagated, has not hitherto...