Opticks
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Opticks is Isaac Newton’s influential 1704 treatise that systematically explores the nature of light and color through experiments with prisms and lenses.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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scientific treatise → work on optics → |
| argues | white light is composed of rays of different colors → |
| author | Isaac Newton → |
| contains |
Queries
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mathematical analyses of optical phenomena → |
| countryOfPublication | Kingdom of England → |
| demonstrates |
dispersion of light by a prism
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recomposition of white light from colored rays → |
| discusses |
chromatic aberration
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nature of the ether (hypothetical medium) → phenomena of thin films → reflection from curved surfaces → reflection from plane surfaces → refraction through different media → rings of colors (Newton’s rings) → |
| firstEditionFormat | quarto → |
| firstEditionPublisher |
Thomas Parkhurst
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surface form: "Benjamin Walford"
Samuel Smith → |
| focusesOn | experimental method → |
| genre | scientific literature → |
| hasLaterEdition |
1717 Latin edition
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expanded English editions → |
| historicalSignificance |
major work of Isaac Newton besides Principia Mathematica
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one of the foundational works of modern optics → |
| influenced |
18th-century natural philosophy
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development of physical optics → wave theory of light → |
| influencedBy | experiments of Isaac Newton → |
| language | English → |
| notableConcept |
Queries on the nature of matter and forces
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analysis of the spectrum → |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form: "London"
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| proposes | corpuscular theory of light → |
| publicationYear | 1704 → |
| structure | book of experiments and queries → |
| subject |
color
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diffraction → interference of light → lenses → light → optics → prisms → reflection → refraction → spectra → |
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