Catalogue Entry: NATP00121

Draft of the 'Hypothesis Concerning Light and Colors'

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MS Add. 3970.3, ff. 475r-482v, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

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[1] See Mr Hooks Micrographia where he speaks of the inflexion of a ray

[Editorial Note 1] The preceding diagram has been written over in the manuscript.

[Editorial Note 2] The following mathematical fragment is written upside down.

[Editorial Note 3] The text on this and the following page is written upside down.

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