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NEWTON, SIR ISAAC. Opticks; or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light . . . Third Edition, Corrected.<> 12 folding engraved plates. [8], 382, [2] pages. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, bottom of spine chipped, joints cracked, cords intact; contents dampstained at beginning and end, dark stain in outer portion of plates. London: William and John Innys, 1721
"The classical formulation and first full presentation of Newton's corpuscular or emission theory of light . . . Newton discovered the composition of white light; he explained the colors of the rainbow; speculated on the double refraction of Iceland spar; and attempted an explanation of 'Newton's rings' "--Becker 273 (1704 original edition). Grolier/Horblit 79b; Printing and the Mind of Man 172 (both citing original edition); Babson 135 (this edition).<
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