Philosophical instructor, or, Webster's elements of natural philosophy : subdivided into principles and illustrations ; intended for academies, medical schools, and the popular class-room (1824)
Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842, Webster, John, fl. 1804-1824 · Albany : Printed by Websters and Skinners ... · leaf 160
ed, which is thelast. Colouring is not inherent in coloured bodies, butdepends on the arrangement of the constituent atomsof bodies. Illustration. As the rays of light differ both inrefrangibility and reflexibility, in accounting for thedifferent colours of bodies, it is manifest that… … 158 OPTICS, the spectrum, so that a pure and distinct colour mayfall upon it, the body will appear of the same colour,only with this difference, that it will reflect that colourmost brightly which is the same as the body itselfreflects in full light. But as all bodies reflect othercolours in some…
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