Excerpt from Scientific Dialogues, Vol. 3: Intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People in Which the First Principles of Natural and Experimental Philosophies Are Fully Explained; Of Optics, Magnetism, Electricity, and Galvanism
Tutor. It will therefore be right to proceed with caution; refraction is a term frequently used in the science of optics, and this science depends Wholly on light.
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