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A discourse Of Mr Isaac Newton containing his New Theory about Light and Colours, sent by him from Cambridge February 6 1672'

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Isaac Newton
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RBO/4/44
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1672
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A discourse Of Mr Isaac Newton containing his New Theory about Light and Colours, sent by him from Cambridge February 6 1672', 1672. From The Royal Society, RBO/4/44

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