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many ranges of Colours, k Z, 592 pz9 ap, ’ r3 83~.<br />

w:hich were parallel to one another an dg con&-<br />

guous, and without any mixture of white. And<br />

thefe ranges of Colours 9 if the Comb was moved<br />

con+~ually up and down with a reciprocal<br />

motib,n, afccended and defcended in the Paper,<br />

and when rhc motion of the Comb was fo quick,<br />

that the CO~OUI-s could not be diitinguified<br />

Coin one another 3 the whple Paper by their<br />

confufion and mixture in the Senforium appeared<br />

white.<br />

Let the Comb now refi, and let the Paper<br />

be removed farther from the Prifm, and the<br />

feveral ranges of Colours will be dilated and<br />

expanded into one another more and more,<br />

and by mixing their Colours will dilute one a-<br />

nother, and at length, when the diitance of<br />

the Paper from the Comb is about a Foot, or a<br />

little more (fuppofe in the place 2 D 2 E) they<br />

will fo far dilute one another as to become<br />

white.<br />

With an)r obitacle let all the Light be now<br />

fiopp’d Vihlch pa& through any one interval<br />

of the Teeth, fo that the range of Colours which<br />

comes from thence may b.e taken away, and<br />

YOU will See .the Light of the refi of the ranges<br />

to be expanded into the place of the range’taken<br />

away, and there to be coloured. Let the j<br />

intercepted range pail on as before; and its<br />

C~~ours’falIing upon the ColourS of the dther<br />

ranges, and mixing with them, will r&ore. the<br />

whi tenek<br />

Let the Paper 233 2 E be now very mu&in;<br />

sliwd to the Ragr.s, fo that the luolt refrangible<br />

-&a)s

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