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Isaac Newton

The famous physicist Sir Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727) lectured on optics
from 1670 - 1672. He worked on the refraction of light into colored beams
using prisms and discovered chromatic aberration. He also postulated the
corpuscular form of light and an ether to transmit forces between the
corpuscles. His Opticks, first published 1704 contains his postulates about
the topic. This is the fourth edition in English, from 1730, which Newton
corrected from the third edition before his death.

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Opticks - Book 1 by Isaac Newton

Part 1: Axioms

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Opticks - Book 1 by Isaac Newton

Part 1: Proposition 1

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Opticks - Book 1 by Isaac Newton

Part 1: Proposition 2 (continued)

A B C f> E F

G H L K L At

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Part 1: Proposition 4

Part 1: Proposition 6

Part 1: Proposition 7

Part 1: Proposition 8

AB C

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Opticks - Book 1 by Isaac Newton

Part 2: Proposition 1

Part 2: Proposition 3

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Opticks - Book 1 by Isaac Newton

Part 2: Proposition 5

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Part 2: Proposition 7

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Opticks - Book 1 by Isaac Newton

Part 2: Proposition 9

Part 2: Proposition 11

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Opticks - Book 2 by Isaac Newton

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Opticks - Book 3 by Isaac Newton

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