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when any one sort of rays hath been well parted from those of other kinds it hath afterwards obstinately retained its colour notwithstanding my utmost endeavours to change it i have refracted it with prisms and reflected it with bodies

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wɛn ɛni wʌn sɔɹt ʌv ɹeɪz hæθ bɪn wɛl pɑɹtɪd fɹʌm ðoʊz ʌv ʌðɜ˞ kaɪndz ɪt hæθ æftɜ˞wɜ˞dz ɹɪteɪnd ɪts kʌlɜ˞ nɑtwɪθstændɪŋ maɪ ʌtmoʊst tu tʃeɪndʒ ɪt aɪ hæv ɪt wɪð pɹɪzʌmz ʌnd ɹɪflɛktɪd ɪt wɪð bɑdiz

When any one sort of rays hath been well parted from those of other kinds. It hath afterwards obstinately retained its colour, notwithstanding my utmost endeavours to change it. I have refracted it with prisms and reflected it with bodies.

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A South African female speaker delivers a slightly expressive and animated talk, recording quality is slightly close-sounding yet has some background noise. Her voice pitch is slightly high, and she maintains a moderate speaking pace.

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so that of those which are alike incident on the same medium some shall be more refracted than others and that not by any virtue of the glass or other external cause but from a predisposition which every particular ray hath to suffer particular degree of refraction

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soʊ ðæt ʌv ðoʊz wɪtʃ ɑɹ ʌlaɪk ɪnsʌdʌnt ɑn ðʌ seɪm midiʌm sʌm ʃæl bi mɔɹ ðæn ʌðɜ˞z ʌnd ðæt nɑt baɪ ɛni vɜ˞tʃu ʌv ðʌ ɡlæs ɔɹ ʌðɜ˞ ɪkstɜ˞nʌl kɑz bʌt fɹʌm ʌ pɹidɪspʌzɪʃʌn wɪtʃ ɛvɜ˞i pɜ˞tɪkjʌlɜ˞ ɹeɪ hæθ tu sʌfɜ˞ pɜ˞tɪkjʌlɜ˞ dɪɡɹi ʌv

So that of those which are alike incident on the same medium, some shall be more refracted than others, and that not by any virtue of the glass or other external cause, but from a predisposition which every particular ray hath to suffer particular degree of refraction.

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A female speaker with a South African accent delivers an expressive and animated speech with a slightly high-pitch voice. The recording is noisy but her close-sounding voice makes it easy to understand despite the distractions in the background. She speaks with a moderate speed.

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and that this is the entire and adequate cause of their colours is manifest because they have no power to change or alter the colours of any sort of rays incident apart

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ʌnd ðæt ðɪs ɪz ðʌ ɪntaɪɜ˞ ʌnd ædʌkwʌt kɑz ʌv ðɛɹ kʌlɜ˞z ɪz mænʌfɛst bɪkɔz ðeɪ hæv noʊ paʊɜ˞ tu tʃeɪndʒ ɔɹ ɔltɜ˞ ðʌ kʌlɜ˞z ʌv ɛni sɔɹt ʌv ɹeɪz ɪnsʌdʌnt ʌpɑɹt

And that this is the entire and adequate cause of their colours is manifest because they have no power to change or alter the colours of any sort of rays, incident apart,

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A South African female speaker delivers her slightly expressive and animated speech with a slightly high-pitched voice and a slight fast pace. The recording has a slightamount of background noise.

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if at that distance you intercept this light with a sheet of white paper you will see the colours converted into whiteness again by being mingled but it is requisite that the prism and lens be placed steady

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ɪf æt ðæt dɪstʌns ju ɪntɜ˞sɛpt ðɪs laɪt wɪð ʌ ʃit ʌv waɪt peɪpɜ˞ ju wɪl si ðʌ kʌlɜ˞z kʌnvɜ˞tɪd ɪntu waɪtnʌs ʌɡɛn baɪ biɪŋ mɪŋɡʌld bʌt ɪt ɪz ɹɛkwʌzʌt ðæt ðʌ pɹɪzʌm ʌnd lɛnz bi pleɪst stɛdi

If, at that distance, you intercept this light with a sheet of white paper, you will see the colours converted into whiteness again by being mingled. but it is requisite that the prism and lens be placed steady.

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A South African female speaker delivers a slightly expressive and animated speech with a slightly high-pitch and slightly fast pace. The recording has some background noise, making it slightly noisy, but the speaker's proximity results in slightly close-sounding audio.

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and by their prevalence cause it to appear of that colour and for the same reason bise reflecting blue most copiously shall appear blue by the excess of those rays in its reflected light and the like of other bodies

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ʌnd baɪ ðɛɹ pɹɛvʌlʌns kɑz ɪt tu ʌpɪɹ ʌv ðæt kʌlɜ˞ ʌnd fɔɹ ðʌ seɪm ɹizʌn baɪz ɹɪflɛktɪŋ blu moʊst koʊpjʌsli ʃæl ʌpɪɹ blu baɪ ðʌ ɛksɛs ʌv ðoʊz ɹeɪz ɪn ɪts ɹɪflɛktɪd laɪt ʌnd ðʌ laɪk ʌv ʌðɜ˞ bɑdiz

And by their prevalence cause it to appear of that colour. and for the same reason, bise reflecting blue most copiously shall appear blue by the excess of those rays in its reflected light and the like of other bodies.

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A female speaker with a South African accent delivers her message with slight expressiveness and animation. The recording has a slight echo effect and some background noise. She speaks slightly faster than moderate pace and her voice has a slightly high pitch.

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f their common focus and o the other focus of the metal in which the object is placed but to return from this digression i told you that light is not similar or homogeneal but consists of difform rays some of which are more refrangible than others

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ɛf ðɛɹ kɑmʌn foʊkʌs ʌnd oʊ ðʌ ʌðɜ˞ foʊkʌs ʌv ðʌ mɛtʌl ɪn wɪtʃ ðʌ ɑbdʒɛkt ɪz pleɪst bʌt tu ɹɪtɜ˞n fɹʌm ðɪs daɪɡɹɛʃʌn aɪ toʊld ju ðæt laɪt ɪz nɑt sɪmʌlɜ˞ ɔɹ bʌt kʌnsɪsts ʌv ɹeɪz sʌm ʌv wɪtʃ ɑɹ mɔɹ ðæn ʌðɜ˞z

F their common focus and o the other focus of the metal in which the object is placed. But to return from this digression, i told you that light is not similar or homogeneal, but consists of difform rays, some of which are more refrangible than others.

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A South African female speaker delivers a slightly expressive and animated speech with a moderate speed and slightly high-pitch voice. The recording has a slight echo effect and some background noise.

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for by this means i thought the regular effects of the first prism would be destroyed by the second prism but the irregular ones more augmented by the multiplicity of refractions the event was that the light which by the first prism was diffused into an oblong form was by the second reduced into an orbicular one

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fɔɹ baɪ ðɪs minz aɪ θɔt ðʌ ɹɛɡjʌlɜ˞ ɪfɛkts ʌv ðʌ fɜ˞st pɹɪzʌm wʊd bi dɪstɹɔɪd baɪ ðʌ sɛkʌnd pɹɪzʌm bʌt ðʌ ɪɹɛɡjʌlɜ˞ wʌnz mɔɹ ɑɡmɛntɪd baɪ ðʌ mʌltʌplɪsɪti ʌv ðʌ ɪvɛnt wɑz ðæt ðʌ laɪt wɪtʃ baɪ ðʌ fɜ˞st pɹɪzʌm wɑz dɪfjuzd ɪntu æn ɑblɔŋ fɔɹm wɑz baɪ ðʌ sɛkʌnd ɹʌdust ɪntu æn wʌn

For by this means, i thought, the regular effects of the first prism would be destroyed by the second prism, but the irregular ones more, augmented by the multiplicity of refractions. the event was that the light which by the first prism was diffused into an oblong form, was by the second reduced into an orbicular one.

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South african

A female speaker with a South African accent delivers her words with a slightly expressive and animated tone. The recording has some background noise which slightly reduces the clarity. Her speech is at a moderate speed, while her pitch is slightly higher than normal. The sound is slightly close, indicating a good recording quality.

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and to try this i took another prism like the former and so placed it that the light passing through them both might be refracted contrary ways and so by the latter returned into that course from which the former had diverted it

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ʌnd tu tɹaɪ ðɪs aɪ tʊk ʌnʌðɜ˞ pɹɪzʌm laɪk ðʌ fɔɹmɜ˞ ʌnd soʊ pleɪst ɪt ðæt ðʌ laɪt pæsɪŋ θɹu ðɛm boʊθ maɪt bi kɑntɹɛɹi weɪz ʌnd soʊ baɪ ðʌ lætɜ˞ ɹɪtɜ˞nd ɪntu ðæt kɔɹs fɹʌm wɪtʃ ðʌ fɔɹmɜ˞ hæd daɪvɜ˞tɪd ɪt

And to try this, i took another prism, like the former, and so placed it that the light passing through them both might be refracted contrary ways and so by the latter returned into that course from which the former had diverted it.

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A female South African speaker delivers her slightly expressive and animated words at a moderate speed. Her slightly high-pitched voice comes through clearly, despite some background noise making the recording marginally imperfect but still good.

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its vertical angle abc may conveniently be about sixty degrees mn designeth the lens its breadth two and a half or three inches sf one of the streight lines in which difform rays may be conceived to flow successively from the sun

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ɪts vɜ˞tɪkʌl æŋɡʌl eɪbisi meɪ kʌnvinjʌntli bi ʌbaʊt sɪksti dɪɡɹiz ðʌ lɛnz ɪts bɹɛdθ tu ʌnd ʌ hæf ɔɹ θɹi ɪntʃʌz wʌn ʌv ðʌ stɹeɪt laɪnz ɪn wɪtʃ ɹeɪz meɪ bi kʌnsivd tu floʊ sʌksɛsɪvli fɹʌm ðʌ sʌn

Its vertical angle Abc may conveniently be about sixty degrees. Mn. designeth the lens. Its breadth two and a half or three inches sf. one of the streight lines in which difform rays may be conceived to flow successively from the sun.

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South african

A South African woman speaks with a slightly expressive and animated tone, her voice slightly high-pitched and slightly distant-sounding. The recording is affected by some background noise.

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four yet seeming transmutations of colour may be made where there is any mixture of diverse sorts of rays for in such mixtures the component colours appear not but by their mutual allaying each other constitute a middling colour

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fɔɹ jɛt simɪŋ ʌv kʌlɜ˞ meɪ bi meɪd wɛɹ ðɛɹ ɪz ɛni mɪkstʃɜ˞ ʌv daɪvɜ˞s sɔɹts ʌv ɹeɪz fɔɹ ɪn sʌtʃ mɪkstʃɜ˞z ðʌ kʌmpoʊnʌnt kʌlɜ˞z ʌpɪɹ nɑt bʌt baɪ ðɛɹ mjutʃuʌl ʌleɪɪŋ itʃ ʌðɜ˞ kɑnstʌtut ʌ mɪdʌlɪŋ kʌlɜ˞

Four yet seeming transmutations of colour may be made where there is any mixture of diverse sorts of rays, for in such mixtures the component colours appear not, but by their mutual allaying each other constitute a middling colour.

female

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South african

A South African woman speaks with a slightly expressive and animated tone, her slightly high-pitched voice conveying subtle emotional cues. The recording quality is moderate with a slight distant-sounding echo adding depth. Some background noise can be heard, but it does not greatly detract from the listenability of her moderately-paced speech.

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than that at which they before converged which being at most but about thirty one or thirty two minutes there still remained some other cause to be found out from whence it could be two degrees and forty nine minutes

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ðæn ðæt æt wɪtʃ ðeɪ bɪfɔɹ kʌnvɜ˞dʒd wɪtʃ biɪŋ æt moʊst bʌt ʌbaʊt θɜ˞di wʌn ɔɹ θɜ˞di tu mɪnʌts ðɛɹ stɪl ɹɪmeɪnd sʌm ʌðɜ˞ kɑz tu bi faʊnd aʊt fɹʌm wɛns ɪt kʊd bi tu dɪɡɹiz ʌnd fɔɹti naɪn mɪnʌts

Than that at which they before converged, which being at most, but about thirty one or thirty two minutes. There still remained some other cause to be found out, from whence it could be two degrees and forty nine minutes.

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A South African female speaker adopts a monotone tone and a slightly high-pitched voice as she speeds up her delivery slightly. Despite the close proximity of the recording, the speech is affected by a faint background noise.

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which in daylight were of other colors i have intercepted it with the colored film of air interceding two compressed plates of glass transmitted it through colored mediums and through mediums irradiated with other sorts of rays and diversely terminated it and yet could never produce any new color out of it

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wɪtʃ ɪn deɪlaɪt wɜ˞ ʌv ʌðɜ˞ kʌlɜ˞z aɪ hæv ɪntɜ˞sɛptʌd ɪt wɪð ðʌ kʌlɜ˞d fɪlm ʌv ɛɹ ɪntɜ˞sidɪŋ tu kʌmpɹɛst pleɪts ʌv ɡlæs tɹænsmɪtɪd ɪt θɹu kʌlɜ˞d midiʌmz ʌnd θɹu midiʌmz ɪɹeɪdieɪtɪd wɪð ʌðɜ˞ sɔɹts ʌv ɹeɪz ʌnd tɜ˞mʌneɪtɪd ɪt ʌnd jɛt kʊd nɛvɜ˞ pɹʌdus ɛni nu kʌlɜ˞ aʊt ʌv ɪt

Which, in daylight, were of other colors. I have intercepted it with the colored film of air interceding two compressed plates of glass, transmitted it through colored mediums and through mediums irradiated with other sorts of rays and diversely terminated it, and yet could never produce any new color out of it.

female

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South african

A South African female speaker delivers her slightly expressive and animated speech with a slightly high-pitched voice and a moderate speed. The recording has a background noise, making it slightly less clear. The sound is slightly close-sounding, suggesting a good but not excellent recording quality.

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and that the paper on which the colours are cast be moved to and fro for by such motion you will not only find at what distance the whiteness is most perfect but also see how the colours gradually convene and vanish into whiteness and afterwards having crossed one another in that place where they compound whiteness

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ʌnd ðæt ðʌ peɪpɜ˞ ɑn wɪtʃ ðʌ kʌlɜ˞z ɑɹ kæst bi muvd tu ʌnd fɹoʊ fɔɹ baɪ sʌtʃ moʊʃʌn ju wɪl nɑt oʊnli faɪnd æt wʌt dɪstʌns ðʌ waɪtnʌs ɪz moʊst pɜ˞fɛkt bʌt ɔlsoʊ si haʊ ðʌ kʌlɜ˞z ɡɹædʒuʌli kʌnvin ʌnd vænɪʃ ɪntu waɪtnʌs ʌnd æftɜ˞wɜ˞dz hævɪŋ kɹɔst wʌn ʌnʌðɜ˞ ɪn ðæt pleɪs wɛɹ ðeɪ kɑmpaʊnd waɪtnʌs

And that the paper on which the colours are cast be moved to and fro, for by such motion you will not only find at what distance the whiteness is most perfect, but also see how the colours gradually convene and vanish into whiteness and afterwards, having crossed one another in that place where they compound whiteness.

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A female speaker with a South African accent delivers her slightly monotone speech with a slightly faster tempo. Her voice has a slightly high-pitch and is slightly close-sounding, with a small amount of background noise present.

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by this experiment therefore as well as by the former computation it was evident that the difference of the incidence of rays flowing from diverse parts of the sun could not make them after decussation diverge at a sensibly greater angle

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baɪ ðɪs ɪkspɛɹʌmʌnt ðɛɹfɔɹ æz wɛl æz baɪ ðʌ fɔɹmɜ˞ kɑmpjʌteɪʃʌn ɪt wɑz ɛvʌdʌnt ðæt ðʌ dɪfɜ˞ʌns ʌv ðʌ ɪnsʌdʌns ʌv ɹeɪz floʊɪŋ fɹʌm daɪvɜ˞s pɑɹts ʌv ðʌ sʌn kʊd nɑt meɪk ðɛm æftɜ˞ dɪvɜ˞dʒ æt ʌ sɛnsʌbli ɡɹeɪtɜ˞ æŋɡʌl

By this experiment, therefore, as well as by the former computation, it was evident that the difference of the incidence of rays flowing from diverse parts of the sun could not make them, after decussation, diverge at a sensibly greater angle.

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A South African female speaker delivers her monotone remarks slightly faster than usual, yet retains a slightly expressive tone. Her slightly high-pitched voice is slightly close-sounding, giving the impression of a good recording despite some background noise.

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it would by contracting and dilating become more brisk or faint and by the loss of many rays in some cases very obscure and dark but i could never see it changed in specie

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ɪt wʊd baɪ kɑntɹæktɪŋ ʌnd bɪkʌm mɔɹ bɹɪsk ɔɹ feɪnt ʌnd baɪ ðʌ lɔs ʌv mɛni ɹeɪz ɪn sʌm keɪsʌz vɛɹi ʌbskjʊɹ ʌnd dɑɹk bʌt aɪ kʊd nɛvɜ˞ si ɪt tʃeɪndʒd ɪn

It would, by contracting and dilating, become more brisk or faint, and by the loss of many rays, in some cases very obscure and dark. But i could never see it changed in specie.

female

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South african

A South African female speaker delivers her lines in a monotone tone with a slightly high-pitch. The recording has some background noise, making it slightly less clear than ideal. Her speech is delivered at a moderate pace and is slightly closer-sounding.

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care must be taken that none of the colours fall besides the lens in the annexed design table three figure two of this experiment a b c expresseth the prism set end wise to sight closed by the hole f of the window e g

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kɛɹ mʌst bi teɪkʌn ðæt nʌn ʌv ðʌ kʌlɜ˞z fɔl bɪsaɪdz ðʌ lɛnz ɪn ðʌ ænɛkst dɪzaɪn teɪbʌl θɹi fɪɡjɜ˞ tu ʌv ðɪs ɪkspɛɹʌmʌnt ʌ bi si ðʌ pɹɪzʌm sɛt ɛnd waɪz tu saɪt kloʊzd baɪ ðʌ hoʊl ɛf ʌv ðʌ wɪndoʊ i dʒi

Care must be taken that none of the colours fall besides the lens in the annexed design table three, figure two of this experiment, a, b, c, expresseth the prism set end wise to sight closed by the hole f of the window e, g.

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South african

A female speaker with a South African accent delivers a monotone speech with a slightly high-pitched voice. The recording is amidst background noise. The sound is slightly distant, yet discernible.

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are again dissipated and severed and in an inverted order retain the same colours which they had before they entred the composition you may also see that if any of the colours at the lens be intercepted the whiteness will be changed into the other colours and therefore that the composition of whiteness be perfect

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ɑɹ ʌɡɛn dɪsʌpeɪtɪd ʌnd sɛvɜ˞d ʌnd ɪn æn ɪnvɜ˞tɪd ɔɹdɜ˞ ɹɪteɪn ðʌ seɪm kʌlɜ˞z wɪtʃ ðeɪ hæd bɪfɔɹ ðeɪ ðʌ kɑmpʌzɪʃʌn ju meɪ ɔlsoʊ si ðæt ɪf ɛni ʌv ðʌ kʌlɜ˞z æt ðʌ lɛnz bi ɪntɜ˞sɛptʌd ðʌ waɪtnʌs wɪl bi tʃeɪndʒd ɪntu ðʌ ʌðɜ˞ kʌlɜ˞z ʌnd ðɛɹfɔɹ ðæt ðʌ kɑmpʌzɪʃʌn ʌv waɪtnʌs bi pɜ˞fɛkt

Are again dissipated and severed and, in an inverted order, retain the same colours which they had before they entred the composition. You may also see that if any of the colours at the lens be intercepted, the whiteness will be changed into the other colours and therefore that the composition of whiteness be perfect.

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yet my curiosity caused me again to take my prism and having placed it at my window as before i observed that by turning it a little about its axis to and fro so as to vary its obliquity to the light

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jɛt maɪ kjʊɹiɑsʌti kɑzd mi ʌɡɛn tu teɪk maɪ pɹɪzʌm ʌnd hævɪŋ pleɪst ɪt æt maɪ wɪndoʊ æz bɪfɔɹ aɪ ʌbzɜ˞vd ðæt baɪ tɜ˞nɪŋ ɪt ʌ lɪtʌl ʌbaʊt ɪts æksʌs tu ʌnd fɹoʊ soʊ æz tu vɛɹi ɪts tu ðʌ laɪt

Yet my curiosity caused me again to take my prism and, having placed it at my window as before, i observed that by turning it a little about its axis to and fro, so as to vary its obliquity to the light,

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and therefore if by refraction or any other of the aforesaid causes the difform rays latent in such a mixture be separated they shall emerge colours different from the colour of the composition

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ʌnd ðɛɹfɔɹ ɪf baɪ ɔɹ ɛni ʌðɜ˞ ʌv ðʌ ʌfɔɹsɛd kɑzʌz ðʌ ɹeɪz leɪtʌnt ɪn sʌtʃ ʌ mɪkstʃɜ˞ bi sɛpɜ˞eɪtɪd ðeɪ ʃæl ɪmɜ˞dʒ kʌlɜ˞z dɪfɜ˞ʌnt fɹʌm ðʌ kʌlɜ˞ ʌv ðʌ kɑmpʌzɪʃʌn

And therefore, if, by refraction or any other of the aforesaid causes, the difform rays latent in such a mixture be separated, they shall emerge colours different from the colour of the composition.

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more than an angle of four or five degrees the colours were not thereby sensibly translated from their place on the wall and consequently by that variation of incidence quantity of refraction was not sensibly varied

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mɔɹ ðæn æn æŋɡʌl ʌv fɔɹ ɔɹ faɪv dɪɡɹiz ðʌ kʌlɜ˞z wɜ˞ nɑt ðɛɹbaɪ sɛnsʌbli tɹænzleɪtɪd fɹʌm ðɛɹ pleɪs ɑn ðʌ wɔl ʌnd kɑnsʌkwʌntli baɪ ðæt vɛɹieɪʃʌn ʌv ɪnsʌdʌns kwɑntʌti ʌv wɑz nɑt sɛnsʌbli vɛɹid

More than an angle of four or five degrees. The colours were not thereby sensibly translated from their place on the wall, and consequently by that variation of incidence, quantity of refraction was not sensibly varied.

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then i began to suspect whether the rays after their trajection through the prism did not move in curve lines and according to their more or less curvity tend to diverse parts of the wall and it increased my suspicion when i remembered that i had often seen a tennis ball

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ðɛn aɪ bɪɡæn tu sʌspɛkt wɛðɜ˞ ðʌ ɹeɪz æftɜ˞ ðɛɹ θɹu ðʌ pɹɪzʌm dɪd nɑt muv ɪn kɜ˞v laɪnz ʌnd ʌkɔɹdɪŋ tu ðɛɹ mɔɹ ɔɹ lɛs tɛnd tu daɪvɜ˞s pɑɹts ʌv ðʌ wɔl ʌnd ɪt ɪnkɹist maɪ sʌspɪʃʌn wɛn aɪ ɹɪmɛmbɜ˞d ðæt aɪ hæd ɔfʌn sin ʌ tɛnʌs bɔl

Then i began to suspect whether the rays, after their trajection through the prism, did not move in curve lines and, according to their more or less curvity, tend to diverse parts of the wall. and it increased my suspicion when i remembered that i had often seen a tennis ball.

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struck with an oblique racket describe such a curve line for a circular as well as a progressive motion being communicated to it by that stroke its parts on that side where the motions conspire

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stɹʌk wɪð æn ʌblik ɹækɪt dɪskɹaɪb sʌtʃ ʌ kɜ˞v laɪn fɔɹ ʌ sɜ˞kjʌlɜ˞ æz wɛl æz ʌ pɹʌɡɹɛsɪv moʊʃʌn biɪŋ kʌmjunʌkeɪtɪd tu ɪt baɪ ðæt stɹoʊk ɪts pɑɹts ɑn ðæt saɪd wɛɹ ðʌ moʊʃʌnz kʌnspaɪɜ˞

Struck with an oblique racket, describe such a curve line for a circular as well as a progressive motion, being communicated to it by that stroke, its parts, on that side where the motions conspire.

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lest any scattering light mixing with the colour disturb and allay it and render it compound contrary to the design of the experiment tis also requisite that there be a perfect separation of the colours than after the manner above described can be made by the refraction of one single prism

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lɛst ɛni skætɜ˞ɪŋ laɪt mɪksɪŋ wɪð ðʌ kʌlɜ˞ dɪstɜ˞b ʌnd ʌleɪ ɪt ʌnd ɹɛndɜ˞ ɪt kɑmpaʊnd kɑntɹɛɹi tu ðʌ dɪzaɪn ʌv ðʌ ɪkspɛɹʌmʌnt tɪz ɔlsoʊ ɹɛkwʌzʌt ðæt ðɛɹ bi ʌ pɜ˞fɛkt sɛpɜ˞eɪʃʌn ʌv ðʌ kʌlɜ˞z ðæn æftɜ˞ ðʌ mænɜ˞ ʌbʌv dɪskɹaɪbd kæn bi meɪd baɪ ðʌ ʌv wʌn sɪŋɡʌl pɹɪzʌm

Lest any scattering light mixing with the colour disturb and allay it and render it compound, contrary to the design of the experiment. Tis also requisite that there be a perfect separation of the colours than, after the manner above described, can be made by the refraction of one single prism.

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which colours are not new generated but only made apparent by being parted for if they be again entirely mixed and blended together they will again compose that colour which they did before separation and for the same reason transmutations made by the convening of diverse colours are not real

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wɪtʃ kʌlɜ˞z ɑɹ nɑt nu dʒɛnɜ˞eɪtʌd bʌt oʊnli meɪd ʌpɛɹʌnt baɪ biɪŋ pɑɹtɪd fɔɹ ɪf ðeɪ bi ʌɡɛn ɪntaɪɜ˞li mɪkst ʌnd blɛndɪd tʌɡɛðɜ˞ ðeɪ wɪl ʌɡɛn kʌmpoʊz ðæt kʌlɜ˞ wɪtʃ ðeɪ dɪd bɪfɔɹ sɛpɜ˞eɪʃʌn ʌnd fɔɹ ðʌ seɪm ɹizʌn meɪd baɪ ðʌ kʌnvinɪŋ ʌv daɪvɜ˞s kʌlɜ˞z ɑɹ nɑt ɹil

Which colours are not new, generated, but only made apparent by being parted, for if they be again entirely mixed and blended together, they will again compose that colour which they did before separation, and, for the same reason, transmutations made by the convening of diverse colours are not real.

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f p and f r two of those rays unequally refracted which the lens makes to converge towards q and after decussation to diverge again

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ɛf pi ʌnd ɛf ɑɹ tu ʌv ðoʊz ɹeɪz wɪtʃ ðʌ lɛnz meɪks tu kʌnvɜ˞dʒ tʌwɔɹdz kju ʌnd æftɜ˞ tu dɪvɜ˞dʒ ʌɡɛn

F, P and f r, two of those rays unequally refracted which the lens makes to converge towards q and, after decussation, to diverge Again.

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for when viewed with a good microscope they still appear blue and yellow interspersed five there are therefore two sorts of colours

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fɔɹ wɛn vjud wɪð ʌ ɡʊd maɪkɹʌskoʊp ðeɪ stɪl ʌpɪɹ blu ʌnd jɛloʊ ɪntɜ˞spɜ˞st faɪv ðɛɹ ɑɹ ðɛɹfɔɹ tu sɔɹts ʌv kʌlɜ˞z

For when viewed with a good microscope, they still appear. Blue and yellow, interspersed five. There are therefore two sorts of colours.

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and blue and purple in uppercase p lowercase p and pi if you proceed further to try the impossibility of changing any uncompounded colour which i have asserted in the third and thirteenth propositions tis requisite that the room may be very dark

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ʌnd blu ʌnd pɜ˞pʌl ɪn pi pi ʌnd paɪ ɪf ju pɹʌsid fɜ˞ðɜ˞ tu tɹaɪ ðʌ ɪmpɔsɪbɪlɪti ʌv tʃeɪndʒɪŋ ɛni kʌlɜ˞ wɪtʃ aɪ hæv ʌsɜ˞tɪd ɪn ðʌ θɜ˞d ʌnd θɜ˞tinθ pɹɑpʌzɪʃʌnz tɪz ɹɛkwʌzʌt ðæt ðʌ ɹum meɪ bi vɛɹi dɑɹk

And blue and purple in uppercase p, lowercase p and pi. If you proceed further to try the impossibility of changing any uncompounded colour, which i have asserted in the third and thirteenth propositions, tis requisite that the room may be very dark.

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they ought to feel the greater resistance from the ambient ether on that side where this motion conspires and thence be continually bowed to the other but notwithstanding this plausible ground of suspicion when i came to examine it i could observe no such curvity in them

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ðeɪ ɔt tu fil ðʌ ɡɹeɪtɜ˞ ɹɪzɪstʌns fɹʌm ðʌ æmbiʌnt iθɜ˞ ɑn ðæt saɪd wɛɹ ðɪs moʊʃʌn ʌnd ðɛns bi kʌntɪnjuʌli baʊd tu ðʌ ʌðɜ˞ bʌt nɑtwɪθstændɪŋ ðɪs plɔzʌbʌl ɡɹaʊnd ʌv sʌspɪʃʌn wɛn aɪ keɪm tu ɪɡzæmɪn ɪt aɪ kʊd ʌbzɜ˞v noʊ sʌtʃ ɪn ðɛm

They ought to feel the greater resistance from the ambient ether on that side where this motion conspires and thence be continually bowed to the other. But notwithstanding this plausible ground of suspicion, when i came to examine it i could observe no such curvity in them.

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for when the difform rays are again severed they will exhibit the very same colours which they did before they entered the composition as you see blue and yellow powders when finely mixed appear to the naked eye green and yet the colours of the component corpuscles are not thereby really transmuted but only blended

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fɔɹ wɛn ðʌ ɹeɪz ɑɹ ʌɡɛn sɛvɜ˞d ðeɪ wɪl ɪɡzɪbɪt ðʌ vɛɹi seɪm kʌlɜ˞z wɪtʃ ðeɪ dɪd bɪfɔɹ ðeɪ ɛntɜ˞d ðʌ kɑmpʌzɪʃʌn æz ju si blu ʌnd jɛloʊ paʊdɜ˞z wɛn faɪnli mɪkst ʌpɪɹ tu ðʌ neɪkʌd aɪ ɡɹin ʌnd jɛt ðʌ kʌlɜ˞z ʌv ðʌ kʌmpoʊnʌnt ɑɹ nɑt ðɛɹbaɪ ɹɪli bʌt oʊnli blɛndɪd

For when the difform rays are again severed, they will exhibit the very same colours which they did before they entered the composition. as you see, blue and yellow powders, when finely mixed, appear to the naked eye green, and yet the colours of the component corpuscles are not thereby really transmuted, but Only blended.

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must press and beat the contiguous air more violently than on the other and there excite a reluctancy and reaction of the air proportionably greater and for the same reason if the rays of light should possibly be globular bodies and by their oblique passage out of one medium into another acquire a circulating motion

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mʌst pɹɛs ʌnd bit ðʌ kʌntɪɡjuʌs ɛɹ mɔɹ vaɪʌlʌntli ðæn ɑn ðʌ ʌðɜ˞ ʌnd ðɛɹ ɪksaɪt ʌ ʌnd ɹiækʃʌn ʌv ðʌ ɛɹ ɡɹeɪtɜ˞ ʌnd fɔɹ ðʌ seɪm ɹizʌn ɪf ðʌ ɹeɪz ʌv laɪt ʃʊd pɑsʌbli bi ɡlɑbjʌlɜ˞ bɑdiz ʌnd baɪ ðɛɹ ʌblik pæsʌdʒ aʊt ʌv wʌn midiʌm ɪntu ʌnʌðɜ˞ ʌkwaɪɜ˞ ʌ sɜ˞kjʌleɪtɪŋ moʊʃʌn

Must press and beat the contiguous air more violently than on the other and there excite a reluctancy and reaction of the air proportionably greater. And for the same reason, if the rays of light should possibly be globular bodies and by their oblique passage out of one medium into another acquire a circulating motion.

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the one original and simple the other compounded of these the original primary colours are red yellow green blue and violet-purple together with orange indico

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ðʌ wʌn ɜ˞ɪdʒʌnʌl ʌnd sɪmpʌl ðʌ ʌðɜ˞ kʌmpaʊndʌd ʌv ðiz ðʌ ɜ˞ɪdʒʌnʌl pɹaɪmɛɹi kʌlɜ˞z ɑɹ ɹɛd jɛloʊ ɡɹin blu ʌnd vaɪʌlɪt-pɜ˞pʌl tʌɡɛðɜ˞ wɪð ɔɹʌndʒ

The one original and simple, the other compounded of these. The original primary colours are red, yellow, green, blue and violet-purple, together with orange. indico.

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but those which are situated at too great a distance do not so orange indico produce not the intermediate green nor scarlet and green but the intermediate yellow

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bʌt ðoʊz wɪtʃ ɑɹ sɪtʃueɪtɪd æt tu ɡɹeɪt ʌ dɪstʌns du nɑt soʊ ɔɹʌndʒ pɹʌdus nɑt ðʌ ɪntɜ˞midiɪt ɡɹin nɔɹ skɑɹlʌt ʌnd ɡɹin bʌt ðʌ ɪntɜ˞midiɪt jɛloʊ

But those which are situated at too great a distance do not. So orange indico produce, not the intermediate green, nor scarlet and green, but The intermediate yellow.

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i shall now proceed to acquaint you with another more notable deformity in its rays wherein the origin of colours is unfolded concerning which i lay down the doctrine first and then for its examination give you an instance or two of the experiments as a specimen of the rest

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aɪ ʃæl naʊ pɹʌsid tu ʌkweɪnt ju wɪð ʌnʌðɜ˞ mɔɹ noʊtʌbʌl dɪfɔɹmʌti ɪn ɪts ɹeɪz wɛɹɪn ðʌ ɔɹʌdʒʌn ʌv kʌlɜ˞z ɪz ʌnfoʊldɪd kʌnsɜ˞nɪŋ wɪtʃ aɪ leɪ daʊn ðʌ dɑktɹʌn fɜ˞st ʌnd ðɛn fɔɹ ɪts ɪɡzæmʌneɪʃʌn ɡɪv ju æn ɪnstʌns ɔɹ tu ʌv ðʌ ɪkspɛɹʌmʌnts æz ʌ spɛsʌmʌn ʌv ðʌ ɹɛst

I shall now proceed to acquaint you with another, more notable deformity in its rays, wherein the origin of colours is unfolded, concerning which i lay down the doctrine first, and then, for its examination, give you an instance or two of the experiments as a specimen of the rest.

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thus if compound yellow light fall upon blue bise the bise will not appear perfectly yellow but rather green because there are in yellow mixture many rays indued with green and green being less remote from the usual blue colour of bise than yellow

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ðʌs ɪf kɑmpaʊnd jɛloʊ laɪt fɔl ʌpɑn blu baɪz ðʌ baɪz wɪl nɑt ʌpɪɹ pɜ˞fʌktli jɛloʊ bʌt ɹæðɜ˞ ɡɹin bɪkɔz ðɛɹ ɑɹ ɪn jɛloʊ mɪkstʃɜ˞ mɛni ɹeɪz wɪð ɡɹin ʌnd ɡɹin biɪŋ lɛs ɹɪmoʊt fɹʌm ðʌ juʒʌwʌl blu kʌlɜ˞ ʌv baɪz ðæn jɛloʊ

Thus, if compound yellow light fall upon blue bise, the bise will not appear perfectly yellow, but rather green, because there are in yellow mixture many rays indued with green, and green being less remote from the usual blue colour of bise than yellow.

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A South African woman speaks with a monotone tone and a slightly high-pitched voice, producing a slightly close-sounding recording. The background is noisy.

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and besides which was enough for my purpose i observed that the difference twixt the length of the image and diameter of the hole through which the light was transmitted was proportionable to their distance

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ʌnd bɪsaɪdz wɪtʃ wɑz ɪnʌf fɔɹ maɪ pɜ˞pʌs aɪ ʌbzɜ˞vd ðæt ðʌ dɪfɜ˞ʌns ðʌ lɛŋkθ ʌv ðʌ ɪmʌdʒ ʌnd daɪæmʌtɜ˞ ʌv ðʌ hoʊl θɹu wɪtʃ ðʌ laɪt wɑz tɹænsmɪtɪd wɑz tu ðɛɹ dɪstʌns

And besides, which was enough for my purpose, i observed that the difference twixt the length of the image and diameter of the hole through which the light was transmitted was proportionable to their distance.

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A South African woman delivers her speech with a slightly expressive and animated tone, despite the background noise that slightly affects the recording's clarity. Her voice has a slightly high-pitch and a moderately fast pace. The slightly close-sounding recording provides a satisfactory listening experience.

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and how to make such farther separations will scarce be difficult to them that consider the discovered laws of refractions but if trial shall be made with colours not throughly separated there must be allowed changes proportionable to the mixture

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ʌnd haʊ tu meɪk sʌtʃ fɑɹðɜ˞ sɛpɜ˞eɪʃʌnz wɪl skɛɹs bi dɪfʌkʌlt tu ðɛm ðæt kʌnsɪdɜ˞ ðʌ dɪskʌvɜ˞d lɔz ʌv bʌt ɪf tɹaɪʌl ʃæl bi meɪd wɪð kʌlɜ˞z nɑt sɛpɜ˞eɪtɪd ðɛɹ mʌst bi ʌlaʊd tʃeɪndʒʌz tu ðʌ mɪkstʃɜ˞

And how to make such farther separations will scarce, be difficult to them that consider the discovered laws of refractions. but if trial shall be made with colours not throughly separated, there must be allowed changes proportionable to the mixture.

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A South African woman speaks with a monotone tone and a slightly high-pitch. Basketball crowd noise can be heard in the background of the recording, making it slightly noisy. Her speech is delivered at a moderate speed with a slightly close-sounding microphone.

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but put on all colours indifferently with which they are enlightned these things being so it can be no longer disputed whether there be colours in the dark nor whether they be the qualities of the objects we see

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bʌt pʊt ɑn ɔl kʌlɜ˞z wɪð wɪtʃ ðeɪ ɑɹ ðiz θɪŋz biɪŋ soʊ ɪt kæn bi noʊ lɔŋɡɜ˞ dɪspjutʌd wɛðɜ˞ ðɛɹ bi kʌlɜ˞z ɪn ðʌ dɑɹk nɔɹ wɛðɜ˞ ðeɪ bi ðʌ kwɑlʌtiz ʌv ðʌ ɑbdʒɛkts wi si

But put on all colours indifferently with which they are enlightned. These things being so, it can be no longer disputed whether there be colours in the dark, nor whether they be the qualities of the objects we see.

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A South African female speaks monotonously with slightly high-pitched voice and a slight echo in the recording. The environment is noisy, but her enunciation remains clear.

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the gradual removal of these suspicions at length led me to the experimentum crucis which was this i took two boards and placed one of them close behind the prism at the window

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ðʌ ɡɹædʒuʌl ɹɪmuvʌl ʌv ðiz sʌspɪʃʌnz æt lɛŋkθ lɛd mi tu ðʌ wɪtʃ wɑz ðɪs aɪ tʊk tu bɔɹdz ʌnd pleɪst wʌn ʌv ðɛm kloʊs bɪhaɪnd ðʌ pɹɪzʌm æt ðʌ wɪndoʊ

The gradual removal of these suspicions at length led me to the experimentum crucis, which was this: i took two boards and placed one of them close behind the prism at the window.

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A South African woman speaks with a slightly monotone, slightly high-pitched voice, delivering her speech at a moderate pace. The recording is slightly noisy but has a clear, close sound.

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and an indefinite variety of intermediate gradations six the same colours in specie with these primary ones may be also produced by composition for a mixture of yellow and blue makes green of red and yellow makes orange of orange and yellowish green makes yellow

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ʌnd æn ɪndɛfʌnʌt vɜ˞aɪʌti ʌv ɪntɜ˞midiɪt ɡɹeɪdeɪʃʌnz sɪks ðʌ seɪm kʌlɜ˞z ɪn wɪð ðiz pɹaɪmɛɹi wʌnz meɪ bi ɔlsoʊ pɹʌdust baɪ kɑmpʌzɪʃʌn fɔɹ ʌ mɪkstʃɜ˞ ʌv jɛloʊ ʌnd blu meɪks ɡɹin ʌv ɹɛd ʌnd jɛloʊ meɪks ɔɹʌndʒ ʌv ɔɹʌndʒ ʌnd jɛloʊɪʃ ɡɹin meɪks jɛloʊ

And an indefinite variety of intermediate gradations. six: The same colours, in specie with these primary ones, may be also produced by composition: for a mixture of yellow and blue makes green of red and yellow makes orange of orange and yellowish. Green makes yellow.

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A female speaker with a slight South African accent delivers a slightly expressive and animated speech. The recording has some background noise, making it slightly less clear. Her pace is slightly faster than normal and her pitch is slightly higher than average. The sound is slightly distant, giving the impression of a slightly more casual recording environment.

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and in general if any two colours be mix'd which in the series of those generated by the prism are not too far distant one from another they by their mutual alloy compound that colour which in the said series appeareth in the mid-way between them

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ʌnd ɪn dʒɛnɜ˞ʌl ɪf ɛni tu kʌlɜ˞z bi mɪks'di wɪtʃ ɪn ðʌ sɪɹiz ʌv ðoʊz dʒɛnɜ˞eɪtʌd baɪ ðʌ pɹɪzʌm ɑɹ nɑt tu fɑɹ dɪstʌnt wʌn fɹʌm ʌnʌðɜ˞ ðeɪ baɪ ðɛɹ mjutʃuʌl ælɔɪ kɑmpaʊnd ðæt kʌlɜ˞ wɪtʃ ɪn ðʌ sɛd sɪɹiz ɪn ðʌ mɪd-weɪ bɪtwin ðɛm

And, in general, if any two colours be mix'd which, in the series of those generated by the prism, are not too far distant one from another, they, by their mutual alloy, compound that colour which, in the said series, appeareth in the mid-way between them.

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so that the light might pass through a small hole made in it for the purpose and the fall on the other board which i placed about twelve feet distance having first made a small hole in it also for some of that incident light to pass through

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soʊ ðæt ðʌ laɪt maɪt pæs θɹu ʌ smɔl hoʊl meɪd ɪn ɪt fɔɹ ðʌ pɜ˞pʌs ʌnd ðʌ fɔl ɑn ðʌ ʌðɜ˞ bɔɹd wɪtʃ aɪ pleɪst ʌbaʊt twɛlv fit dɪstʌns hævɪŋ fɜ˞st meɪd ʌ smɔl hoʊl ɪn ɪt ɔlsoʊ fɔɹ sʌm ʌv ðæt ɪnsʌdʌnt laɪt tu pæs θɹu

So that the light might pass through a small hole made in it for the purpose and the fall on the other board, which i placed about twelve feet distance, having first made a small hole in it, also for some of that incident light to pass through.

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A South African female speaker uses a monotone tone with a slightly high-pitch voice and delivers her speech at a moderate speed. despite some background noise making the recording slightly noisy, her voice comes through clearly due to the very close-sounding recording.

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unless when the glasses i used were not sufficiently clear for then they would a little incline it to their colour eight hence therefore it comes to pass that whiteness is the usual colour of light

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ʌnlɛs wɛn ðʌ ɡlæsʌz aɪ juzd wɜ˞ nɑt sʌfɪʃʌntli klɪɹ fɔɹ ðɛn ðeɪ wʊd ʌ lɪtʌl ɪnklaɪn ɪt tu ðɛɹ kʌlɜ˞ eɪt hɛns ðɛɹfɔɹ ɪt kʌmz tu pæs ðæt waɪtnʌs ɪz ðʌ juʒʌwʌl kʌlɜ˞ ʌv laɪt

Unless when the glasses i used were not sufficiently clear, for then they would a little incline it to their colour eight. Hence, therefore, it comes to pass that whiteness is the usual colour of light.

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A female speaker with a South African accent delivers her speech with a slightly animated and expressive tone. The recording is noisy but the speaker's voice is slightly close-sounding, making it possible to understand her words clearly despite the background noise. Her pace is moderate and she speaks with a slightly high-pitch voice.

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be intercepted or else that allowance be made for the emerging of so much red out of the yellow green as may possibly have been diffused and scatteringly blended in those colours

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bi ɪntɜ˞sɛptʌd ɔɹ ɛls ðæt ʌlaʊʌns bi meɪd fɔɹ ðʌ ɪmɜ˞dʒɪŋ ʌv soʊ mʌtʃ ɹɛd aʊt ʌv ðʌ jɛloʊ ɡɹin æz meɪ pɑsʌbli hæv bɪn dɪfjuzd ʌnd blɛndɪd ɪn ðoʊz kʌlɜ˞z

Be intercepted, or else that allowance be made for the emerging of so much red out of the yellow green as may possibly have been diffused and scatteringly blended in those colours.

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A female speaker with a South African accent delivers a monotone speech with slight variance in pitch. The recording is noisy, yet her voice is very close-sounding. She speaks at a moderate speed.

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and i saw by the variation of these places that the light tending to that end of the image towards which the refraction of the first prism was made did in the second prism suffer a refraction considerably greater than the light tending to the other end

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ʌnd aɪ sɔ baɪ ðʌ vɛɹieɪʃʌn ʌv ðiz pleɪsʌz ðæt ðʌ laɪt tɛndɪŋ tu ðæt ɛnd ʌv ðʌ ɪmʌdʒ tʌwɔɹdz wɪtʃ ðʌ ʌv ðʌ fɜ˞st pɹɪzʌm wɑz meɪd dɪd ɪn ðʌ sɛkʌnd pɹɪzʌm sʌfɜ˞ ʌ kʌnsɪdɜ˞ʌbli ɡɹeɪtɜ˞ ðæn ðʌ laɪt tɛndɪŋ tu ðʌ ʌðɜ˞ ɛnd

And i saw, by the variation of these places, that the light tending to that end of the image, towards which the refraction of the first prism was made, did, in the second prism, suffer a refraction considerably greater than the light tending to the other end.

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A South African woman speaks with a monotone tone and slightly high-pitched voice. Her speech is slightly faster than the average pace, and there is some background noise present, making the recording only somewhat clear. The sound is slightly close-mic'd.

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and if these things be observed the new production of red or any intercepted colour will be found impossible this i conceive is enough for an introduction to experiments of this kind which if any of the royal society shall be so curious as to prosecute i should be very glad to be informed with what success

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ʌnd ɪf ðiz θɪŋz bi ʌbzɜ˞vd ðʌ nu pɹʌdʌkʃʌn ʌv ɹɛd ɔɹ ɛni ɪntɜ˞sɛptʌd kʌlɜ˞ wɪl bi faʊnd ɪmpɑsʌbʌl ðɪs aɪ kʌnsiv ɪz ɪnʌf fɔɹ æn ɪntɹʌdʌkʃʌn tu ɪkspɛɹʌmʌnts ʌv ðɪs kaɪnd wɪtʃ ɪf ɛni ʌv ðʌ ɹɔɪʌl sʌsaɪʌti ʃæl bi soʊ kjʊɹiʌs æz tu pɹɑsʌkjut aɪ ʃʊd bi vɛɹi ɡlæd tu bi ɪnfɔɹmd wɪð wʌt sʌksɛs

And if these things be observed, the new production of red or any intercepted colour will be found impossible. This, i conceive, is enough for an introduction to experiments of this kind, which, if any of the royal society shall be so curious as to prosecute, i should be very glad to be informed with what success.

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A female speaker with a South African accent delivers her speech slightly expressively and animatedly, with a slight increase in pace. Though the recording is somewhat noisy, her voice is slightly close-sounding and has a slightly high-pitch.

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this done i took the first prism in my hand and turned it to and fro slowly about its axis so much as to make the several parts of the image cast on the second board successively pass through the hole in it that i might observe to what places on the wall the second prism should refract them

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ðɪs dʌn aɪ tʊk ðʌ fɜ˞st pɹɪzʌm ɪn maɪ hænd ʌnd tɜ˞nd ɪt tu ʌnd fɹoʊ sloʊli ʌbaʊt ɪts æksʌs soʊ mʌtʃ æz tu meɪk ðʌ sɛvɹʌl pɑɹts ʌv ðʌ ɪmʌdʒ kæst ɑn ðʌ sɛkʌnd bɔɹd sʌksɛsɪvli pæs θɹu ðʌ hoʊl ɪn ɪt ðæt aɪ maɪt ʌbzɜ˞v tu wʌt pleɪsʌz ɑn ðʌ wɔl ðʌ sɛkʌnd pɹɪzʌm ʃʊd ðɛm

This done, i took the first prism in my hand and turned it to and fro slowly about its axis, so much as to make the several parts of the image cast on the second board successively pass through the hole in it. That i might observe to what places on the wall the second prism should refract them.

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A female speaker with a South African accent delivers a slightly monotone speech. Her voice has a contrastingly slightly high-pitch and is slightly close-sounding. The recording has some background noise. She speaks at a slightly faster than average pace.

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tis necessary either that the colours be very well parted before the red be intercepted or that together with the red the neighbouring colours into which any red is secretly dispersed that is the yellow and perhaps green too

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tɪz nɛsʌsɛɹi iðɜ˞ ðæt ðʌ kʌlɜ˞z bi vɛɹi wɛl pɑɹtɪd bɪfɔɹ ðʌ ɹɛd bi ɪntɜ˞sɛptʌd ɔɹ ðæt tʌɡɛðɜ˞ wɪð ðʌ ɹɛd ðʌ neɪbɜ˞ɪŋ kʌlɜ˞z ɪntu wɪtʃ ɛni ɹɛd ɪz sikɹɪtli dɪspɜ˞st ðæt ɪz ðʌ jɛloʊ ʌnd pɜ˞hæps ɡɹin tu

Tis necessary either that the colours be very well parted before the red be intercepted, or that, together with the red, the neighbouring colours into which any red is secretly dispersed, that is, the yellow and perhaps green too.

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A South African woman speaks in a monotone voice with slightly high-pitch and slight distance in the recording. The background contains some noise interrupting her speech.

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i have often with admiration beheld that all the colours of the prism being made to converge and thereby to be again mixed as they were in the light before it was incident upon the prism reproduced light intirely and perfectly white and not at all sensibly differing from a direct light of the sun

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aɪ hæv ɔfʌn wɪð ædmɜ˞eɪʃʌn bihɛld ðæt ɔl ðʌ kʌlɜ˞z ʌv ðʌ pɹɪzʌm biɪŋ meɪd tu kʌnvɜ˞dʒ ʌnd ðɛɹbaɪ tu bi ʌɡɛn mɪkst æz ðeɪ wɜ˞ ɪn ðʌ laɪt bɪfɔɹ ɪt wɑz ɪnsʌdʌnt ʌpɑn ðʌ pɹɪzʌm ɹipɹʌdust laɪt ʌnd pɜ˞fʌktli waɪt ʌnd nɑt æt ɔl sɛnsʌbli dɪfɜ˞ɪŋ fɹʌm ʌ dɜ˞ɛkt laɪt ʌv ðʌ sʌn

I have often with admiration beheld that all the colours of the prism being made to converge and thereby to be again mixed as they were in the light before it was incident upon. The prism reproduced light intirely and perfectly white and not at all sensibly differing from a direct light of the sun.

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seven if the most surprising and wonderful composition was that of whiteness there is no one sort of rays which alone can exhibit this tis ever compounded and to its composition are requisite all the aforesaid primary colours mixed in a due proportion

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sɛvʌn ɪf ðʌ moʊst sɜ˞pɹaɪzɪŋ ʌnd wʌndɜ˞fʌl kɑmpʌzɪʃʌn wɑz ðæt ʌv waɪtnʌs ðɛɹ ɪz noʊ wʌn sɔɹt ʌv ɹeɪz wɪtʃ ʌloʊn kæn ɪɡzɪbɪt ðɪs tɪz ɛvɜ˞ kʌmpaʊndʌd ʌnd tu ɪts kɑmpʌzɪʃʌn ɑɹ ɹɛkwʌzʌt ɔl ðʌ ʌfɔɹsɛd pɹaɪmɛɹi kʌlɜ˞z mɪkst ɪn ʌ du pɹʌpɔɹʃʌn

Seven. If the most surprising and wonderful composition was that of whiteness, there is no one sort of rays which alone can exhibit this tis. ever compounded, and to its composition are requisite all the aforesaid primary colours, mixed in a due proportion.

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A female speaker with a South African accent delivers a slightly expressive and animated speech. The recording is slightly noisy, and her voice has a slightly high pitch. The tempo of her delivery is moderate. The acoustics of the room add a slight reverberation effect to her voice.

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then i plac'd another prism behind this second board so that the light trajected through both the boards might pass thro that also and be again refracted before it arrived at the wall

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ðɛn aɪ 'di ʌnʌðɜ˞ pɹɪzʌm bɪhaɪnd ðɪs sɛkʌnd bɔɹd soʊ ðæt ðʌ laɪt θɹu boʊθ ðʌ bɔɹdz maɪt pæs ðæt ɔlsoʊ ʌnd bi ʌɡɛn bɪfɔɹ ɪt ɜ˞aɪvd æt ðʌ wɔl

Then i plac'd another prism behind this second board so that the light trajected through both the boards might pass thro that also and be again refracted before it arrived at the wall.

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when i understood this i left off my aforesaid glass works for i saw that the perfection of telescopes was hitherto limited not so much for want of glasses truly figured according to the prescriptions of optic authors which all men have hitherto imagined as because that light itself

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wɛn aɪ ʌndɜ˞stʊd ðɪs aɪ lɛft ɔf maɪ ʌfɔɹsɛd ɡlæs wɜ˞ks fɔɹ aɪ sɔ ðæt ðʌ pɜ˞fɛkʃʌn ʌv tɛlʌskoʊps wɑz hɪðɜ˞tu lɪmʌtʌd nɑt soʊ mʌtʃ fɔɹ wɑnt ʌv ɡlæsʌz tɹuli fɪɡjɜ˞d ʌkɔɹdɪŋ tu ðʌ pɹʌskɹɪpʃʌnz ʌv ɑptɪk ɔθɜ˞z wɪtʃ ɔl mɛn hæv hɪðɜ˞tu ɪmædʒʌnd æz bɪkɔz ðæt laɪt ɪtsɛlf

When i understood this, i left off my aforesaid glass works, for i saw that the perfection of telescopes was hitherto limited, not so much for want of glasses truly figured according to the prescriptions of optic authors, which all men have hitherto imagined as because that light itself.

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is a heterogeneous mixture of differently refrangible rays so that were a glass so exactly figured so as to collect any one sort of rays into one point it could not collect those also into the same point which having the same incidence upon the same medium are apt to suffer a different refraction

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ɪz ʌ hɛtɜ˞ʌdʒinjʌs mɪkstʃɜ˞ ʌv dɪfɹʌntli ɹeɪz soʊ ðæt wɜ˞ ʌ ɡlæs soʊ ɪɡzæktli fɪɡjɜ˞d soʊ æz tu kʌlɛkt ɛni wʌn sɔɹt ʌv ɹeɪz ɪntu wʌn pɔɪnt ɪt kʊd nɑt kʌlɛkt ðoʊz ɔlsoʊ ɪntu ðʌ seɪm pɔɪnt wɪtʃ hævɪŋ ðʌ seɪm ɪnsʌdʌns ʌpɑn ðʌ seɪm midiʌm ɑɹ æpt tu sʌfɜ˞ ʌ dɪfɜ˞ʌnt

Is a heterogeneous mixture of differently refrangible rays, so that, were a glass so exactly figured so as to collect any one sort of rays into one point, it could not collect those also into the same point which, having the same incidence upon the same medium, are apt to suffer a different refraction.

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and so the true cause of the length of that image was detected to be no other than that light consists of rays differently refrangible which without any respect to a difference in their incidence were according to their degrees of refrangibility transmitted towards diverse parts of the wall

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ʌnd soʊ ðʌ tɹu kɑz ʌv ðʌ lɛŋkθ ʌv ðæt ɪmʌdʒ wɑz dɪtɛktʌd tu bi noʊ ʌðɜ˞ ðæn ðæt laɪt kʌnsɪsts ʌv ɹeɪz dɪfɹʌntli wɪtʃ wɪθaʊt ɛni ɹɪspɛkt tu ʌ dɪfɜ˞ʌns ɪn ðɛɹ ɪnsʌdʌns wɜ˞ ʌkɔɹdɪŋ tu ðɛɹ dɪɡɹiz ʌv tɹænsmɪtɪd tʌwɔɹdz daɪvɜ˞s pɑɹts ʌv ðʌ wɔl

And so the true cause of the length of that image was detected to be no other than that light consists of rays differently refrangible which, without any respect to a difference in their incidence, were, according to their degrees of refrangibility, transmitted towards diverse parts of the wall.

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for the difform rays by their unequal refractions are made to diverge towards several parts of the retina and there express the images of things coloured as in the former case they did the sun's image upon a wall and by this inequality of refractions they become not only coloured but also very confused and indistinct

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fɔɹ ðʌ ɹeɪz baɪ ðɛɹ ʌnikwʌl ɑɹ meɪd tu dɪvɜ˞dʒ tʌwɔɹdz sɛvɹʌl pɑɹts ʌv ðʌ ɹɛtʌnʌ ʌnd ðɛɹ ɪkspɹɛs ðʌ ɪmʌdʒʌz ʌv θɪŋz kʌlɜ˞d æz ɪn ðʌ fɔɹmɜ˞ keɪs ðeɪ dɪd ðʌ sʌn'ɛs ɪmʌdʒ ʌpɑn ʌ wɔl ʌnd baɪ ðɪs ɪnɪkwɑlʌti ʌv ðeɪ bɪkʌm nɑt oʊnli kʌlɜ˞d bʌt ɔlsoʊ vɛɹi kʌnfjuzd ʌnd ɪndɪstɪŋkt

For the difform rays, by their unequal refractions, are made to diverge towards several parts of the retina and there express the images of things coloured, as in the former case they did the sun's image upon a wall. And by this inequality of refractions they become not only coloured but also very confused and indistinct.

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as it happens in the blue flame of brimstone the yellow flame of a candle and the various colours of the fixed stars nine these things consider'd the manner how colours are produced by the prism is evident for of the rays constituting the incident light since those which differ in colour proportionally differ in refrangibility

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æz ɪt hæpʌnz ɪn ðʌ blu fleɪm ʌv bɹɪmstoʊn ðʌ jɛloʊ fleɪm ʌv ʌ kændʌl ʌnd ðʌ vɛɹiʌs kʌlɜ˞z ʌv ðʌ fɪkst stɑɹz naɪn ðiz θɪŋz kʌnsɪdɜ˞'di ðʌ mænɜ˞ haʊ kʌlɜ˞z ɑɹ pɹʌdust baɪ ðʌ pɹɪzʌm ɪz ɛvʌdʌnt fɔɹ ʌv ðʌ ɹeɪz kɑnstʌtutɪŋ ðʌ ɪnsʌdʌnt laɪt sɪns ðoʊz wɪtʃ dɪfɜ˞ ɪn kʌlɜ˞ pɹʌpɔɹʃʌnʌli dɪfɜ˞ ɪn

As it happens in the blue flame of brimstone, the yellow flame of a candle and the various colours of the fixed stars. nine: these things consider'd, the manner how colours are produced by the prism is evident for of the rays constituting the incident light, since those which differ in colour proportionally differ in refrangibility.

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nay i wondered that seeing the difference of refrangibility was so great as i found it telescopes should arrive to that perfection they are now at for measuring the refractions in one of my prisms

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neɪ aɪ wʌndɜ˞d ðæt siɪŋ ðʌ dɪfɜ˞ʌns ʌv wɑz soʊ ɡɹeɪt æz aɪ faʊnd ɪt tɛlʌskoʊps ʃʊd ɜ˞aɪv tu ðæt pɜ˞fɛkʃʌn ðeɪ ɑɹ naʊ æt fɔɹ mɛʒɜ˞ɪŋ ðʌ ɪn wʌn ʌv maɪ pɹɪzʌmz

Nay, i wondered that, seeing the difference of refrangibility was so great as i found it, telescopes should arrive to that perfection. they are now at for measuring the refractions in one of my prisms.

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for light is a confused aggregate of rays indued with all sorts of colours as they are promiscuously darted from the various parts of luminous bodies and of such a confused aggregate as i said is generated whiteness if there be a due proportion of the ingredients but if any one predominate the light must incline to that colour

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fɔɹ laɪt ɪz ʌ kʌnfjuzd æɡɹʌɡʌt ʌv ɹeɪz wɪð ɔl sɔɹts ʌv kʌlɜ˞z æz ðeɪ ɑɹ dɑɹtɪd fɹʌm ðʌ vɛɹiʌs pɑɹts ʌv lumʌnʌs bɑdiz ʌnd ʌv sʌtʃ ʌ kʌnfjuzd æɡɹʌɡʌt æz aɪ sɛd ɪz dʒɛnɜ˞eɪtʌd waɪtnʌs ɪf ðɛɹ bi ʌ du pɹʌpɔɹʃʌn ʌv ðʌ ɪnɡɹidiʌnts bʌt ɪf ɛni wʌn pɹɪdɑmʌneɪt ðʌ laɪt mʌst ɪnklaɪn tu ðæt kʌlɜ˞

For light is a confused aggregate of rays indued with all sorts of colours as they are promiscuously darted from the various parts of luminous bodies, and of such a confused aggregate, as i said, is generated whiteness if there be a due proportion of the ingredients, but if any one predominate, the light must incline to that colour.

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they by their unequal refractions must be severed and dispersed into an oblong form in an orderly succession from the least refracted scarlet to the most refracted violet and for the same reason it is that objects when looked upon through a prism appear coloured

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ðeɪ baɪ ðɛɹ ʌnikwʌl mʌst bi sɛvɜ˞d ʌnd dɪspɜ˞st ɪntu æn ɑblɔŋ fɔɹm ɪn æn ɔɹdɜ˞li sʌksɛʃʌn fɹʌm ðʌ list skɑɹlʌt tu ðʌ moʊst vaɪʌlɪt ʌnd fɔɹ ðʌ seɪm ɹizʌn ɪt ɪz ðæt ɑbdʒɛkts wɛn lʊkt ʌpɑn θɹu ʌ pɹɪzʌm ʌpɪɹ kʌlɜ˞d

They, by their unequal refractions, must be severed and dispersed into an oblong form in an orderly succession from the least refracted scarlet to the most refracted violet. and for the same reason it is that objects, when looked upon through a prism, appear coloured.

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and to that end measured the several lines and angles belonging to the image its distance from the hole or prism was twenty-two foot utmost length thirteen and a quarter inches its breadth

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ʌnd tu ðæt ɛnd mɛʒɜ˞d ðʌ sɛvɹʌl laɪnz ʌnd æŋɡʌlz bɪlɔŋɪŋ tu ðʌ ɪmʌdʒ ɪts dɪstʌns fɹʌm ðʌ hoʊl ɔɹ pɹɪzʌm wɑz twɛnti-tu fʊt ʌtmoʊst lɛŋkθ θɜ˞tin ʌnd ʌ kwɔɹtɜ˞ ɪntʃʌz ɪts bɹɛdθ

And, to that end, measured the several lines and angles belonging to the image. Its distance from the hole or prism was twenty-two foot utmost length, thirteen and a quarter inches its breadth.

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so that the difference is about a twenty fourth or twenty fifth part of the whole refraction and consequently the object glass of any telescope cannot collect all the rays which come from one point of an object so as to make them convene at its focus in less room than in a circular space whose diameter is the fiftieth part of the diameter of its aperture

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soʊ ðæt ðʌ dɪfɜ˞ʌns ɪz ʌbaʊt ʌ twɛnti fɔɹθ ɔɹ twɛnti fɪfθ pɑɹt ʌv ðʌ hoʊl ʌnd kɑnsʌkwʌntli ðʌ ɑbdʒɛkt ɡlæs ʌv ɛni tɛlʌskoʊp kænɑt kʌlɛkt ɔl ðʌ ɹeɪz wɪtʃ kʌm fɹʌm wʌn pɔɪnt ʌv æn ɑbdʒɛkt soʊ æz tu meɪk ðɛm kʌnvin æt ɪts foʊkʌs ɪn lɛs ɹum ðæn ɪn ʌ sɜ˞kjʌlɜ˞ speɪs huz daɪæmʌtɜ˞ ɪz ðʌ fɪftiɪθ pɑɹt ʌv ðʌ daɪæmʌtɜ˞ ʌv ɪts æpɜ˞tʃɜ˞

So that the difference is about a twenty fourth or twenty fifth part of the whole refraction and consequently the object glass of any telescope cannot collect all the rays which come from one point of an object so as to make them convene at its focus in less room than in a circular space whose diameter is the fiftieth part of the diameter of its aperture.

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which is an irregularity some hundred of times greater than a circularly figured lens of so small a section as the object glasses of long telescopes are would cause by the unfitness of its figure were light uniform

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wɪtʃ ɪz æn ɪɹɛɡjʌlɛɹʌti sʌm hʌndɹʌd ʌv taɪmz ɡɹeɪtɜ˞ ðæn ʌ sɜ˞kjʌlɜ˞li fɪɡjɜ˞d lɛnz ʌv soʊ smɔl ʌ sɛkʃʌn æz ðʌ ɑbdʒɛkt ɡlæsʌz ʌv lɔŋ tɛlʌskoʊps ɑɹ wʊd kɑz baɪ ðʌ ʌv ɪts fɪɡjɜ˞ wɜ˞ laɪt junʌfɔɹm

Which is an irregularity some hundred of times greater than a circularly figured lens of so small a section as the object glasses of long telescopes are would cause by the unfitness of its figure, were light, uniform.

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i found that supposing the common sine of incidence upon one of its plains was forty-four parts the sine of refraction of the utmost rays on the red end of the colours made out of the glass into the air would be sixty-eight parts and the sine of refraction of the utmost rays on the other end sixty-nine parts

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aɪ faʊnd ðæt sʌpoʊzɪŋ ðʌ kɑmʌn saɪn ʌv ɪnsʌdʌns ʌpɑn wʌn ʌv ɪts pleɪnz wɑz fɔɹti-fɔɹ pɑɹts ðʌ saɪn ʌv ʌv ðʌ ʌtmoʊst ɹeɪz ɑn ðʌ ɹɛd ɛnd ʌv ðʌ kʌlɜ˞z meɪd aʊt ʌv ðʌ ɡlæs ɪntu ðʌ ɛɹ wʊd bi sɪksti-eɪt pɑɹts ʌnd ðʌ saɪn ʌv ʌv ðʌ ʌtmoʊst ɹeɪz ɑn ðʌ ʌðɜ˞ ɛnd sɪksti-naɪn pɑɹts

I found that, supposing the common sine of incidence upon one of its plains was forty-four parts, the sine of refraction of the utmost rays on the red end of the colours made out of the glass into the air would be sixty-eight parts and the sine of refraction of the utmost rays on the other end sixty-nine parts.

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and such are the drops on the inside of the primary bow and on the outside of the secondary or exterior one so these drops which refract in greatest plenty the rays apt to appear red towards the spectator's eye refract those of other sorts so much more as to make them pass beside it

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ʌnd sʌtʃ ɑɹ ðʌ dɹɑps ɑn ðʌ ɪnsaɪd ʌv ðʌ pɹaɪmɛɹi baʊ ʌnd ɑn ðʌ aʊtsaɪd ʌv ðʌ sɛkʌndɛɹi ɔɹ ɪkstɪɹiɜ˞ wʌn soʊ ðiz dɹɑps wɪtʃ ɪn ɡɹeɪtʌst plɛnti ðʌ ɹeɪz æpt tu ʌpɪɹ ɹɛd tʌwɔɹdz ðʌ spɛkteɪtɜ˞'ɛs aɪ ðoʊz ʌv ʌðɜ˞ sɔɹts soʊ mʌtʃ mɔɹ æz tu meɪk ðɛm pæs bɪsaɪd ɪt

And such are the drops on the inside of the primary bow and on the outside of the secondary or exterior one. So These drops, which refract in greatest plenty the rays apt to appear red towards the spectator's eye, refract those of other sorts so much more as to make them pass beside it.

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no nor perhaps whether light be a body for since colors are the qualities of light having its rays for their entire and immediate subject how can we think those rays' qualities also

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noʊ nɔɹ pɜ˞hæps wɛðɜ˞ laɪt bi ʌ bɑdi fɔɹ sɪns kʌlɜ˞z ɑɹ ðʌ kwɑlʌtiz ʌv laɪt hævɪŋ ɪts ɹeɪz fɔɹ ðɛɹ ɪntaɪɜ˞ ʌnd ɪmidiʌt sʌbdʒɛkt haʊ kæn wi θɪŋk ðoʊz ɹeɪz' kwɑlʌtiz ɔlsoʊ

No, nor perhaps whether light be a body. For since colors are the qualities of light, having its rays for their entire and immediate subject, how can we think those rays' qualities also?

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and such are the drops of the exteriour part of the primary and interiour part of the secondary bone eleven the odd phnomena of an infusion of lignum nephriticum leaf gold fragments of coloured glass and some other transparently coloured bodies appearing in one position of one colour and of another in another

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ʌnd sʌtʃ ɑɹ ðʌ dɹɑps ʌv ðʌ pɑɹt ʌv ðʌ pɹaɪmɛɹi ʌnd pɑɹt ʌv ðʌ sɛkʌndɛɹi boʊn ɪlɛvʌn ðʌ ɑd ʌv æn ɪnfjuʒʌn ʌv lif ɡoʊld fɹæɡmʌnts ʌv kʌlɜ˞d ɡlæs ʌnd sʌm ʌðɜ˞ tɹænspɛɹʌntli kʌlɜ˞d bɑdiz ʌpɪɹɪŋ ɪn wʌn pʌzɪʃʌn ʌv wʌn kʌlɜ˞ ʌnd ʌv ʌnʌðɜ˞ ɪn ʌnʌðɜ˞

And such are the drops of the exteriour part of the primary and interiour part of the secondary bone. eleven: the odd phnomena of an infusion of lignum nephriticum, leaf gold, fragments of coloured glass and some other transparently coloured bodies appearing in one position, of one colour and of another in another.

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the doctrine you will find comprehended and illustrated in the following propositions one as the rays of light differ in degrees of refrangibility so they also differ in their disposition to exhibit this or that particular colour

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ðʌ dɑktɹʌn ju wɪl faɪnd kɑmpɹɪhɛndɪd ʌnd ɪlʌstɹeɪtʌd ɪn ðʌ fɑloʊɪŋ pɹɑpʌzɪʃʌnz wʌn æz ðʌ ɹeɪz ʌv laɪt dɪfɜ˞ ɪn dɪɡɹiz ʌv soʊ ðeɪ ɔlsoʊ dɪfɜ˞ ɪn ðɛɹ dɪspʌzɪʃʌn tu ɪɡzɪbɪt ðɪs ɔɹ ðæt pɜ˞tɪkjʌlɜ˞ kʌlɜ˞

The doctrine you will find comprehended and illustrated in the following propositions. one: as the rays of light differ in degrees of refrangibility, so they also differ in their disposition to exhibit this or that particular colour.

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ten why the colours of the rainbow appear in falling drops of rain is also from hence evident for these drops which refract the rays disposed to appear purple in greatest quantity to the spectator's eye refract the rays of other sorts so much less as to make them pass beside it

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tɛn waɪ ðʌ kʌlɜ˞z ʌv ðʌ ɹeɪnboʊ ʌpɪɹ ɪn fɑlɪŋ dɹɑps ʌv ɹeɪn ɪz ɔlsoʊ fɹʌm hɛns ɛvʌdʌnt fɔɹ ðiz dɹɑps wɪtʃ ðʌ ɹeɪz dɪspoʊzd tu ʌpɪɹ pɜ˞pʌl ɪn ɡɹeɪtʌst kwɑntʌti tu ðʌ spɛkteɪtɜ˞'ɛs aɪ ðʌ ɹeɪz ʌv ʌðɜ˞ sɔɹts soʊ mʌtʃ lɛs æz tu meɪk ðɛm pæs bɪsaɪd ɪt

Ten. why the colours of the rainbow appear in falling drops of rain is also from hence evident, for these drops, which refract the rays disposed to appear purple in greatest quantity to the spectator's eye, refract the rays of other sorts so much less as to make them pass beside it.

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which would polish as finely as glass and reflect as much light as glass transmits and the art of communicating to it a parabolic figure be also attained but there seemed very great difficulties and i have almost thought them insuperable when i further considered that every irregularity in a reflecting superficies

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wɪtʃ wʊd pɑlɪʃ æz faɪnli æz ɡlæs ʌnd ɹɪflɛkt æz mʌtʃ laɪt æz ɡlæs tɹænzmɪts ʌnd ðʌ ɑɹt ʌv kʌmjunʌkeɪtɪŋ tu ɪt ʌ pɛɹʌbɑlɪk fɪɡjɜ˞ bi ɔlsoʊ ʌteɪnd bʌt ðɛɹ simd vɛɹi ɡɹeɪt dɪfʌkʌltiz ʌnd aɪ hæv ɔlmoʊst θɔt ðɛm wɛn aɪ fɜ˞ðɜ˞ kʌnsɪdɜ˞d ðæt ɛvɜ˞i ɪɹɛɡjʌlɛɹʌti ɪn ʌ ɹɪflɛktɪŋ

Which would polish as finely as glass and reflect as much light as glass transmits, and the art of communicating to it a parabolic figure, be also attained. But there seemed very great difficulties and i have almost thought them insuperable when i further considered that every irregularity in a reflecting superficies

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they were terminated at the sides with straight lines but at the ends the decay of light was so gradual that it was difficult to determine justly what was their figure yet they seemed semicircular

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ðeɪ wɜ˞ tɜ˞mʌneɪtɪd æt ðʌ saɪdz wɪð stɹeɪt laɪnz bʌt æt ðʌ ɛndz ðʌ dɪkeɪ ʌv laɪt wɑz soʊ ɡɹædʒuʌl ðæt ɪt wɑz dɪfʌkʌlt tu dʌtɜ˞mʌn dʒʌstli wʌt wɑz ðɛɹ fɪɡjɜ˞ jɛt ðeɪ simd sɛmisɜ˞kjʌlɜ˞

They were terminated at the sides with straight lines, but at the ends the decay of light was so gradual that it was difficult to determine justly what was their figure. Yet they seemed semicircular.

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relates to have made with two wedge-like transparent vessels filled the one with red the other with blue liquor namely that though they were severally transparent enough yet both together became opaque for if one transmitted only red and the other only blue no rays could pass through both

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ɹɪleɪts tu hæv meɪd wɪð tu wɛdʒ-laɪk tɹænspɛɹʌnt vɛsʌlz fɪld ðʌ wʌn wɪð ɹɛd ðʌ ʌðɜ˞ wɪð blu lɪkɜ˞ neɪmli ðæt ðoʊ ðeɪ wɜ˞ sɛvɹʌli tɹænspɛɹʌnt ɪnʌf jɛt boʊθ tʌɡɛðɜ˞ bɪkeɪm oʊpeɪk fɔɹ ɪf wʌn tɹænsmɪtɪd oʊnli ɹɛd ʌnd ðʌ ʌðɜ˞ oʊnli blu noʊ ɹeɪz kʊd pæs θɹu boʊθ

Relates to have made with two wedge-like transparent vessels, filled the one with red, the other with blue liquor, namely that, though they were severally transparent enough, yet both together became opaque, for if one transmitted only red and the other only blue, no rays could pass through both.

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this made me take reflections into consideration and finding them regular so that the angle of reflection of all sorts of rays was equal to their angle of incidence i understood that by their mediation optic instruments might be brought to any degree of perfection imaginable provided a reflecting substance could be found

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ðɪs meɪd mi teɪk ɹɪflɛkʃʌnz ɪntu kʌnsɪdɜ˞eɪʃʌn ʌnd faɪndɪŋ ðɛm ɹɛɡjʌlɜ˞ soʊ ðæt ðʌ æŋɡʌl ʌv ɹɪflɛkʃʌn ʌv ɔl sɔɹts ʌv ɹeɪz wɑz ikwʌl tu ðɛɹ æŋɡʌl ʌv ɪnsʌdʌns aɪ ʌndɜ˞stʊd ðæt baɪ ðɛɹ midieɪʃʌn ɑptɪk ɪnstɹʌmʌnts maɪt bi bɹɔt tu ɛni dɪɡɹi ʌv pɜ˞fɛkʃʌn ɪmædʒʌnʌbʌl pɹʌvaɪdɪd ʌ ɹɪflɛktɪŋ sʌbstʌns kʊd bi faʊnd

This made me take reflections into consideration and finding them regular, so that the angle of reflection of all sorts of rays was equal to their angle of incidence. i understood that, by their mediation, optic instruments might be brought to any degree of perfection imaginable, provided a reflecting substance could be found.

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that in the beginning of the year sixteen sixty six at which time i applied my self to the grinding of optic glasses of other figures than spherical i procured me a triangular glass prism to try therewith the celebrated phenomena of colours and in order thereto having darkened my chamber

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ðæt ɪn ðʌ bɪɡɪnɪŋ ʌv ðʌ jɪɹ sɪkstin sɪksti sɪks æt wɪtʃ taɪm aɪ ʌplaɪd maɪ sɛlf tu ðʌ ɡɹaɪndɪŋ ʌv ɑptɪk ɡlæsʌz ʌv ʌðɜ˞ fɪɡjɜ˞z ðæn sfɛɹɪkʌl aɪ pɹoʊkjʊɹd mi ʌ tɹaɪæŋɡjʌlɜ˞ ɡlæs pɹɪzʌm tu tɹaɪ ðʌ sɛlʌbɹeɪtɪd fʌnɑmʌnʌ ʌv kʌlɜ˞z ʌnd ɪn ɔɹdɜ˞ ðɛɹtu hævɪŋ dɑɹkʌnd maɪ tʃeɪmbɜ˞

That in the beginning of the year sixteen sixty six, at which time i applied my self to the grinding of optic glasses of other figures than spherical, i procured me a triangular glass prism to try therewith the celebrated phenomena of colours, and in order thereto having darkened my chamber.

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makes the rays stray five or six times more out of their due course than the like irregularities in a refracting one so that a much greater curiosity would be here requisite than in figuring glasses for refraction amidst these thoughts i was forc'd from cambridge by the intervening plague and it was more than two years before i proceeded further

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meɪks ðʌ ɹeɪz stɹeɪ faɪv ɔɹ sɪks taɪmz mɔɹ aʊt ʌv ðɛɹ du kɔɹs ðæn ðʌ laɪk ɪɹɛɡjʌlɛɹʌtiz ɪn ʌ wʌn soʊ ðæt ʌ mʌtʃ ɡɹeɪtɜ˞ kjʊɹiɑsʌti wʊd bi hiɹ ɹɛkwʌzʌt ðæn ɪn fɪɡjɜ˞ɪŋ ɡlæsʌz fɔɹ ʌmɪdst ðiz θɔts aɪ wɑz 'di fɹʌm keɪmbɹɪdʒ baɪ ðʌ ɪntɜ˞vinɪŋ pleɪɡ ʌnd ɪt wɑz mɔɹ ðæn tu jɪɹz bɪfɔɹ aɪ pɹʌsidɪd fɜ˞ðɜ˞

Makes the rays stray five or six times more out of their due course than the like irregularities in a refracting one, so that a much greater curiosity would be here requisite than in figuring glasses for refraction. amidst these thoughts, i was forc'd from Cambridge by the intervening plague, and it was more than two years before i proceeded further.

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accordingly as they are disposed more or less to reflect or transmit the incident colour twelve from hence also is manifest the reason of an unexpected experiment which mr hook somewhere in his micrography

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ʌkɔɹdɪŋli æz ðeɪ ɑɹ dɪspoʊzd mɔɹ ɔɹ lɛs tu ɹɪflɛkt ɔɹ tɹænzmɪt ðʌ ɪnsʌdʌnt kʌlɜ˞ twɛlv fɹʌm hɛns ɔlsoʊ ɪz mænʌfɛst ðʌ ɹizʌn ʌv æn ʌnɪkspɛktɪd ɪkspɛɹʌmʌnt wɪtʃ mɪstɜ˞ hʊk sʌmwɛɹ ɪn hɪz

Accordingly, as they are disposed more or less to reflect or transmit the incident colour twelve from hence. Also is manifest the reason of an unexpected experiment which Mr Hook somewhere in his micrography.

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but then having thought in a tender way of polishing proper for metal whereby as i imagined the figure also would be corrected to the last i began to try what might be effected in this kind and by degrees so far perfected an instrument in the essential parts of it like that i sent to london

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bʌt ðɛn hævɪŋ θɔt ɪn ʌ tɛndɜ˞ weɪ ʌv pɑlɪʃɪŋ pɹɑpɜ˞ fɔɹ mɛtʌl wɛɹbaɪ æz aɪ ɪmædʒʌnd ðʌ fɪɡjɜ˞ ɔlsoʊ wʊd bi kɜ˞ɛktʌd tu ðʌ læst aɪ bɪɡæn tu tɹaɪ wʌt maɪt bi ɪfɛktɪd ɪn ðɪs kaɪnd ʌnd baɪ dɪɡɹiz soʊ fɑɹ pɜ˞fɛktɪd æn ɪnstɹʌmʌnt ɪn ðʌ ɛsɛnʃʌl pɑɹts ʌv ɪt laɪk ðæt aɪ sɛnt tu lʌndʌn

But then, having thought in a tender way of polishing proper for metal, whereby, as i imagined, the figure also would be corrected to the last, i began to try what might be effected in this kind and by degrees so far perfected an instrument in the essential parts of it, like that i sent to London.

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but after a while applying myself to consider them more circumspectly i became surprised to see them in an oblong form which according to the received laws of rarefraction i expected should have been circular

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bʌt æftɜ˞ ʌ waɪl ʌplaɪɪŋ maɪsɛlf tu kʌnsɪdɜ˞ ðɛm mɔɹ aɪ bɪkeɪm sɜ˞pɹaɪzd tu si ðɛm ɪn æn ɑblɔŋ fɔɹm wɪtʃ ʌkɔɹdɪŋ tu ðʌ ɹʌsivd lɔz ʌv aɪ ɪkspɛktʌd ʃʊd hæv bɪn sɜ˞kjʌlɜ˞

But after a while applying myself to consider them more circumspectly, i became surprised to see them in an oblong form which, according to the received laws of rarefraction, i expected should have been circular.

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thirteen i might add more instances of this nature but i shall conclude with this general one that the colours of all natural bodies have no other origin than this that they are variously qualified to reflect one sort of light in greater plenty than another

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θɜ˞tin aɪ maɪt æd mɔɹ ɪnstʌnsʌz ʌv ðɪs neɪtʃɜ˞ bʌt aɪ ʃæl kʌnklud wɪð ðɪs dʒɛnɜ˞ʌl wʌn ðæt ðʌ kʌlɜ˞z ʌv ɔl nætʃɜ˞ʌl bɑdiz hæv noʊ ʌðɜ˞ ɔɹʌdʒʌn ðæn ðɪs ðæt ðeɪ ɑɹ vɛɹiʌsli kwɑlʌfaɪd tu ɹɪflɛkt wʌn sɔɹt ʌv laɪt ɪn ɡɹeɪtɜ˞ plɛnti ðæn ʌnʌðɜ˞

Thirteen. I might add more instances of this nature, but i shall conclude with this general one that the colours of all natural bodies have no other origin than this, that they are variously qualified to reflect one sort of light in greater plenty than another.

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are on these grounds no longer riddles for those are substances apt to reflect one sort of light and transmit another as may be seen in a dark room by illuminating them with similar or uncompounded light for then they appear of that colour only with which they are illuminated but yet in one position more vivid and luminous than in another

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ɑɹ ɑn ðiz ɡɹaʊndz noʊ lɔŋɡɜ˞ ɹɪdʌlz fɔɹ ðoʊz ɑɹ sʌbstʌnsʌz æpt tu ɹɪflɛkt wʌn sɔɹt ʌv laɪt ʌnd tɹænzmɪt ʌnʌðɜ˞ æz meɪ bi sin ɪn ʌ dɑɹk ɹum baɪ ɪlumʌneɪtɪŋ ðɛm wɪð sɪmʌlɜ˞ ɔɹ laɪt fɔɹ ðɛn ðeɪ ʌpɪɹ ʌv ðæt kʌlɜ˞ oʊnli wɪð wɪtʃ ðeɪ ɑɹ ɪlumʌneɪtʌd bʌt jɛt ɪn wʌn pʌzɪʃʌn mɔɹ vɪvʌd ʌnd lumʌnʌs ðæn ɪn ʌnʌðɜ˞

Are, on these grounds, no longer Riddles, For those are substances apt to reflect one sort of light and transmit another, as may be seen in a dark room, by illuminating them with similar or uncompounded light, for then they appear of that colour only with which they are illuminated, but yet in one position more vivid and luminous than in another.