Opticks
Isaac Newton presents his comprehensive theory on the properties of light, the laws of refraction, and the composition of colors. This volume also includes mathematical theorems regarding the squaring of curvilinear figures and their comparison with conic sections.
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1730
Latest release
Oct 8, 2026
Pages
204
Format
A4 (210 × 297 mm)
Book type
Textbook
Table of Contents
- Title Page
- Advertisement
- Part I.
- Definitions
- Axioms
- Propositions.
- Part II. Prop. I.
- Observations concerning the Reflexions, Refractions, and Colours of thin transparent Bodies
- Part II. Remarks upon the foregoing Observations.
- Part III. Of the permanent Colours of natural Bodies, and the Analogy between them and the Colours of thin transparent P
- PART IV. Observations concerning the Reflexions and Colours of thick transparent polish'd Plates.
- Part I
- Notes