Archelogia philosophica nova, or, New principles of philosophy containing philosophy in general, metaphysicks or ontology, dynamilogy or a discourse of power, religio philosophi or natural theology, physicks or natural philosophy / by Gideon Harvey ...
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Archelogia philosophica nova, or, New principles of philosophy containing philosophy in general, metaphysicks or ontology, dynamilogy or a discourse of power, religio philosophi or natural theology, physicks or natural philosophy / by Gideon Harvey ...
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Harvey, Gideon, 1640?-1700?
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London :: Printed by J. H. for Samuel Thomson ...,
1663.
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Philosophy.
Natural theology -- Early works to 1800.
Science -- Early works to 1800.
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CHAP. XXII. Of Colours.
1. The Authors Definition of a Colour. That Light is a Colour. Aristotles Definition of colour examined. p. 160, 161, 162.
2. Scaligers Absurdities touching Co∣lours and Light. p. 163.
3. What colour Light is of; and why termed a single Colour. That Light doth not efficienter render an Ob∣ject visible. How a mixt Colour worketh upon the sight; and how it is conveyed to it. ib. 164.
4. The Causes of the variations of Mercury in its colour through each several preparation. p. 165.
5. That Colours are formally relations only to our sight. That a mixt colour is not an intentional quality. That besides the relation of colours there is an absolute foundation in their original Subjects. How the same fundamental colours act. p. 166.
6. That there are no apparent colours, but all are true. p. 167.
7. The Differences of colours. What co∣lour focal fire is of. The fundamen∣tal colours of mixt bodies. p. 168, 169, 170, 171.
8. What reflection of light is. What re∣fraction of colours is. Aristotles De∣finition of colour rejected. The Ef∣fects of a double reflection. The Rea∣sons of the variations of Colour in Apples held over the water and Looking-glasses. The variation of Illumination by various Glasses. p. 172.
9. The Division of Glasses. The cause of the variation of colour in a Prism. ib. 173, 174.
10. The Nature of Refraction. Why co∣lours are not refracted in the Eye. p. 175, 176.
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