The famous physicist Sir Isaac Newton lectured on optics from 1670 - 1672. He worked on 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 himself had corrected from the third edition before his death. (Summary by Availle)
Chapters
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Titlepage and Advertisements Read by Availle 5:33
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Book I Part I - Axioms Read by Availle 23:29
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Book I Part I - Proposition I Read by MaryA 11:32
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Book I Part I - Proposition II, Section 1 Read by Nadine Eckert-Boulet 12:25
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Book I Part I - Proposition II, Section 2 Read by Ric F 17:16
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Book I Part I - Proposition II, Section 3 Read by Ric F 20:34
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Book I Part I - Proposition II, Section 4 Read by Ric F 12:29
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Book I Part I - Propositions III - IV Read by Ric F 17:01
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Book I Part I - Propositions V - VI Read by Ric F 17:47
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Book I Part I - Proposition VII, Section 1 Read by Pamela Krantz 23:35
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Book I Part I - Proposition VII, Section 2 Read by Pamela Krantz 23:45
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Book I Part I - Proposition VIII Read by Amy Gramour 6:22
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Book I Part II - Propositions I - II Read by Pamela Krantz 16:09
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Book I Part II - Definition and Propositions III - IV Read by Pamela Krantz 16:55
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Book I Part II - Proposition V Read by Pamela Krantz 29:58
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Book I Part II - Propositions VI - VIII Read by Pamela Krantz 23:18
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Book I Part II - Proposition IX Read by Pamela Krantz 18:02
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Book I Part II - Propositions X - XI Read by Pamela Krantz 19:16
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Book II Part I - Observations 1 - 6 Read by Pamela Krantz 18:12
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Book II Part I - Observations 7 - 16 Read by Pamela Krantz 17:58
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Book II Part I - Observations 17 - 24 Read by Pamela Krantz 18:32
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Book II Part II - Section 1 Read by Pamela Krantz 17:23
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Book II Part II - Section 2 Read by Pamela Krantz 18:53
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Book II Part III - Propositions I - VI Read by Mark Mickelson 17:12
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Book II Part III - Proposition VII Read by smitaj 13:32
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Book II Part III - Propositions VIII - IX Read by smitaj 13:52
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Book II Part III - Propositions X - XI Read by smitaj 32:26
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Book II Part III - Propositions XII - XX Read by Sachin 19:17
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Book II Part IV - Observations 1 - 6 Read by Pamela Krantz 14:13
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Book II Part IV - Observations 7 - 9 Read by Pamela Krantz 20:03
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Book II Part IV - Observations 10 - 13 Read by Pamela Krantz 14:09
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Book III Part I - Observations 1 - 5 Read by Availle 19:16
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Book III Part I - Observations 6 - 11 Read by Availle 24:39
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Book III Part I - Queries 1 - 15 Read by Ric F 15:43
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Book III Part 1 - Queries 16 - 24 Read by Mark F. Smith 15:05
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Book III Part I - Queries 25 - 27 Read by Guero 14:45
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Book III Part I - Queries 28 - 29 Read by Guero 23:55
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Book III Part I - Queries 30 - 31 Read by Mark F. Smith 24:22
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Book III Part I - Query 31 cont. Read by Mark F. Smith 16:03
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Book III Part I - Query 31 cont. Read by Ric F 21:43
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