Voltaire, Elémens de la philosophie de Neuton : mis à la portée de tout le monde

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            fils de ſoye de différentes couleurs; </s>
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            ſez un fil de ſoye bleue, par exemple, au
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            rayon rouge, cette ſoye deviendra rouge.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1605" xml:space="preserve">Mettez la au rayon jaune, elle deviendra
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            jaune: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1606" xml:space="preserve">ainſi du reſte. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1607" xml:space="preserve">Enfin ni réfraction,
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            ni réflexion, ni aucun moyen imaginable,
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            ne peut changer ce rayon primitif, ſemblable
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            à l’or que le creuſet a éprouvé, & </s>
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            plus inaltérable.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1610" xml:space="preserve">Cette propriété de la lumiere, cette iné-
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            galité dans les réfractions de ſes rayons, eſt
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            appellée par Neuton réfrangibilité. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1611" xml:space="preserve">On
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            s’eſt d’abord révolté contre le fait, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1612" xml:space="preserve">on l’a
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            nié long-tems, parce que Mr. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1613" xml:space="preserve">Mariote avoit
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            manqué en France les expériences de Neu-
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            ton. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1614" xml:space="preserve">On aima mieux dire que Neuton s’é-
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0141-01" xlink:href="note-0141-01a" xml:space="preserve">Vaines
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              objec-
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              tions
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              contre
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              ces dé-
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              couver-
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            toit vanté d’avoir vu ce qu’il n’avoit point
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            vu, que de penſer que Mariote ne s’y étoit
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            pas bien pris pour voir, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1615" xml:space="preserve">qu’il n’avoit pas
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            été aſſez heureux dans le choix des priſmes
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            qu’il employa. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1616" xml:space="preserve">Enſuite méme, lorſque ces
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            expériences ont été bien faites, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1617" xml:space="preserve">que la
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            vérité s’eſt montrée à nos yeux, le pré-
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            jugé a ſubſiſté encore au point, que dans
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            pluſieurs Journaux & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1618" xml:space="preserve">dans pluſieurs Livres
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            faits depuis l’année 1730. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1619" xml:space="preserve">on nie </s>
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