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INTRODUCTORY

USES OF EXPERIMENT

EARLY SCIENTIFIC NOTIONS

SCIENCES OF OBSERVATION

KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANCIENTS REGARDING LIGHT

DEFECTS OF THE EYE

OUR INSTRUMENTS

RECTILINEAL PROPAGATION OF LIGHT

LAW OF INCIDENCE AND REFLECTION

STERILITY OF THE MIDDLE AGES

REFRACTION

DISCOVERY OF SNELL

PARTIAL AND TOTAL REFLECTION

VELOCITY OF LIGHT

ROEMER, BRADLEY, FOUCAULT, AND FIZEAU

PRINCIPLE OF LEAST ACTION

DESCARTES AND THE RAINBOW

NEWTON'S EXPERIMENTS ON THE COMPOSITION OF SOLAR LIGHT

HIS MISTAKE AS REGARDS ACHROMATISM

SYNTHESIS OF WHITE LIGHT

YELLOW AND BLUE LIGHTS PRODUCE WHITE BY THEIR MIXTURE

COLOURS OF NATURAL BODIES

ABSORPTION

MIXTURE OF PIGMENTS CONTRASTED WITH MIXTURE OF LIGHTS.