The Life of Sir Isaac Newton (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Life of Sir Isaac NewtonNewton occupied in grinding hyperbolical Lenses - H is first Experiments with the Prism made in 1666 - He discovers the Composition of White Light, and the different Refrangi bility of the Rays which compose it - Abandons his attempts to improve Refracting Telescopes, and resolves to attempt the Construction of Reflecting ones - He guits Cambridge on Account of the Plague Constructs two Reflecting Telescopes in 1668, the first ever executed - One of them examined by the Royal Society, and shown to the King - He constructs a Telescope with Glass Specular - Recent History of the Reflecting Telescope Airy's Glass Specula Hadley's Reflecting 7 elescopes Short's Herschel's Supposed Decline of Science in England.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.