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&pkritictim;~<br />
red honlsgenei~<br />
Light appear<br />
blue Light to-,<br />
t#7 blue, in green Eight tbtally green, and ii,<br />
of I dther Colours. In the homogeneal Eight<br />
Of ally’ Colour they all appeared totally of that<br />
fame Cokmr ,,with this ‘only difkrence , that<br />
folne of them refleAed that Light more itrongly,<br />
others more f%ntly. I next yet found any<br />
Body \&ich by refleAing homogeneal Light<br />
coilId Penfibly change its Colour.<br />
,Froln gdl~711itil1 it is inanifeik, that if the Sun’s<br />
Light confified of but 011~ Sort of Rays, there<br />
would be but ok Colour in the ‘~7hc~l.e World,<br />
llor wx~ld ir be pofIi.ble to produce any new<br />
Colour by Reflexions and Refia&ions, and by<br />
conCequence “that the variety of Colours, depel~ds<br />
~1~011 the compofition of ‘Light. ’<br />
DEFIA?-ITTIOAK<br />
E14E homogeneal Light and, Rays cvhicIz<br />
appear’ red, or ratl?er make C&j&s appear<br />
fo, 1 call Rubrifk or Red-making ; thofe<br />
which make Obje&s appear yellow, ‘green, blue<br />
and violet 7 f call Yellow-making, Grecm-making,<br />
Blue-malting, Violet-malting9 and ii3 af<br />
.the reft. And if at any time I fpcak of Light<br />
and Rays as coldured or ‘endued with Coloursj<br />
..J[ would be underflood to Speak not Mofo-<br />
.phically and properly, but, gromy,: an cr ‘. actor-<br />
,dingly $0 Such~Canceptio~s as vulgar PeopIc in<br />
feeing all thefe,.Xi’;xper,~ments would be apt t;o<br />
fkne. For the R;iys to fpeak properly are not<br />
colotired. In them thexe imothing elk than a<br />
” certain
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