Opticks : $b or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections and colours of lightNewton, Isaac
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Opticks : $b or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections and colours of light
Newton, Isaac
Optics -- Early works to 1800
The fourth red was also dilute and dirty, but not so much as the former
three; after that succeeded little or no yellow, but a copious green,
which at first inclined a little to yellow, and then became a pretty
brisk and good willow green, and afterwards changed to a bluish Colour;
but there succeeded neither blue nor violet.
The fifth red at first inclined very much to purple, and afterwards
became more bright and brisk, but yet not very pure. This was succeeded
with a very bright and intense yellow, which was but little in quantity,
and soon chang'd to green: But that green was copious and something more
pure, deep and lively, than the former green. After that follow'd an
excellent blue of a bright Sky-colour, and then a purple, which was less
in quantity than the blue, and much inclined to red.
The sixth red was at first of a very fair and lively scarlet, and soon
after of a brighter Colour, being very pure and brisk, and the best of
all the reds. Then after a lively orange follow'd an intense bright and
copious yellow, which was also the best of all the yellows, and this
changed first to a greenish yellow, and then to a greenish blue; but the
green between the yellow and the blue, was very little and dilute,
seeming rather a greenish white than a green. The blue which succeeded
became very good, and of a very bright Sky-colour, but yet something
inferior to the former blue; and the violet was intense and deep with
little or no redness in it. And less in quantity than the blue.
In the last red appeared a tincture of scarlet next to violet, which
soon changed to a brighter Colour, inclining to an orange; and the
yellow which follow'd was at first pretty good and lively, but
afterwards it grew more dilute until by degrees it ended in perfect
whiteness. And this whiteness, if the Water was very tenacious and
well-temper'd, would slowly spread and dilate it self over the greater
part of the Bubble; continually growing paler at the top, where at
length it would crack in many places, and those cracks, as they dilated,
would appear of a pretty good, but yet obscure and dark Sky-colour; the
white between the blue Spots diminishing, until it resembled the Threds
of an irregular Net-work, and soon after vanish'd, and left all the
upper part of the Bubble of the said dark blue Colour. And this Colour,
after the aforesaid manner, dilated it self downwards, until sometimes
it hath overspread the whole Bubble. In the mean while at the top, which
was of a darker blue than the bottom, and appear'd also full of many
round blue Spots, something darker than the rest, there would emerge
one or more very black Spots, and within those, other Spots of an
intenser blackness, which I mention'd in the former Observation; and
these continually dilated themselves until the Bubble broke.
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