An Answer to this Letter [of Francis Linus], written 5 December 1674

An Answer to this Letter [of Francis Linus], written 5 December 1674 Isaac Newton c. 135 words Newton Project London 2007-03-17 Newton Project, University of Sussex

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5 December 1674, in English, c. 140 words, 1p. 1p.

in English

A letter of Mr. Franc. Linus … being a reply to the Letter printed in Numb. 110 [Philosophical Transactions 121 (24 January 1675/6)]A Letter of the Learn'd Franc. Linus … animadverting upon … Mr. Isaac Newton's Theory of Light and Colors, date 6 October 1674 [Philosophical Transactions 110 (25 January 1674/5)] ‘An Answer to this Letter [of Francis Linus]’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, No. 110 (25 January 1674/5), pp. 219. Isaac Newton An Answer to this Letter [of Francis Linus] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Philosophical Transactions London 25 January 1674/5 110 219 5 December 1674 England English Print ScienceOpticsCorrespondence Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young Tagged transcription by Linda Cross Checked against original by Rebekah Higgitt Coding converted to modified TEI DTD and proofed by Michael Hawkins Updated to Newton V3.0 (TEI P5 Schema) by Michael Hawkins Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins

An Answer to this Letter.

Sir.

THE Letter you thought fit to write by way of Animadversion upon Mr. Newton's new Theory of Light and Colors, grounded upon an Experiment of letting the Sun-beams through a little hole into a dark chamber, seems to need no other Answer but this, That you would be pleased to look upon and consider the Scheme in Mr. Newton's 2d Answer to P. Pardies in Numb. 85. of the Ph. Transactions; and rest assured, that the Experiment, as it is represented, was tryed in clear days, and the Prism placed close to the hole in the window, so that the Light had no room to diverge, and the colour'd Image made not parallel (as in that conjecture) but transverse to the axis of the Prism.

London, Decemb. 17. 1674.