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Newton (Sir Isaac) Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflection, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light, second edition, second issue, first octavo edition, 12 folding engraved plates, advertisement f. at end, water-stained, some foxing, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spine in compartments, head of spine worn, upper joint starting, but holding firm, [Babson 134], 8vo, W. and J. Innys, 1718.
⁂ The second issue of the second edition, with the plates newly engraved, 'and the number of Queries at the end increased from 16 to 31, including the celebrated Query No. 28 on the nature of light' (Babson). Newton explains natural phenomena, such as the rainbow, and "Newton's rings", and describes his theory of the seven primary colours.
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Newton (Sir Isaac) Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflection, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light, second edition, second issue, first octavo edition, 12 folding engraved plates, advertisement f. at end, water-stained, some foxing, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spine in compartments, head of spine worn, upper joint starting, but holding firm, [Babson 134], 8vo, W. and J. Innys, 1718.
⁂ The second issue of the second edition, with the plates newly engraved, 'and the number of Queries at the end increased from 16 to 31, including the celebrated Query No. 28 on the nature of light' (Babson). Newton explains natural phenomena, such as the rainbow, and "Newton's rings", and describes his theory of the seven primary colours.