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"Newton& #39;s Theory of Light" is a a post I wrote time ago.

You may read it at this linkhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> https://bit.ly/3cOIEkV 

Image:">https://bit.ly/3cOIEkV&q... #Newton& #39;s sketch of his crucial experiment (experimentum crucis) in which #light from the sun is refracted through a prism.

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#Newton claimed that #light is composed of colored particles, which combine, appearing white.

He introduced the term color #spectrum and, although the spectrum appears continuous with no distinct boundaries between colors, he subdivided it into 7 colors.

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#Newton chose the number #seven because that number reflects the ancient Greek belief that it is a mystical number, correlated with seven "wandering stars", seven days of the week, and a quarter of the time between two full #moons.

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#Newton showed that each color has a unique angle of #refraction, which can be calculated using a suitable prism.

Read the articlehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> https://bit.ly/3cOIEkV 

https://bit.ly/3cOIEkV&q... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/physics"> #physics
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