Opticks, or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections, and colours of light

by John Conduitt

1721 382 pages eng

One of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science, Opticks presents a comprehensive survey of 18th-century knowledge of light. Newton describes his experiments with spectroscopy, colors, lenses, reflection, refraction, and more, in language lay readers can easily follow.