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Illus. and text in: A letter ... containing his new theory about light and colors / Isaac Newton. In Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions, vol. 6, Feb. 1672.
Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 274.
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01/01/1672
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