Book

Opticks

by Isaac Newton (1642–1727)

48 chapters, about 97,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. SIR ISAAC NEWTON'S ADVERTISEMENTS 500 words
2. _I. N._ 200 words
3. DEFIN. I. 100 words
4. DEFIN. II. 600 words
5. AX. V. 800 words
6. AX. VI. 600 words
7. AX. VII. 700 words
8. AX. VIII. 500 words
9. _PROP._ I. THEOR. I. 1,500 words
10. _PROP._ II. THEOR. II. 9,000 words
11. _PROP._ IV. PROB. I. 2,200 words
12. _PROP._ V. THEOR. IV. 600 words
13. _PROP._ VI. THEOR. V. 1,500 words
14. _PROP._ VII. THEOR. VI. 6,900 words
15. _PROP._ VIII. PROB. II. 900 words
16. _PROP._ I. THEOR. I. 1,700 words
17. _PROP._ II. THEOR. II. 600 words
18. _DEFINITION._ 200 words
19. _PROP._ III. PROB. I. 1,600 words
20. _PROP._ IV. THEOR. III. 400 words
21. _PROP._ V. THEOR. IV. 4,600 words
22. _PROP._ VI. PROB. II. 1,100 words
23. _PROP._ VII. THEOR. V. 800 words
24. _PROP._ VIII. PROB. III. 1,400 words
25. _PROP._ IX. PROB. IV. 2,200 words
26. _PROP._ X. PROB. V. 1,800 words
27. _PROP._ XI. PROB. VI. 1,200 words
28. _PART I._ 7,400 words
29. _PART II._ 4,700 words
30. PROP. I. 600 words
31. PROP. II. 100 words
32. PROP. III. 400 words
33. PROP. IV. 200 words
34. PROP. V. 700 words
35. PROP. VI. 200 words
36. PROP. VII. 2,000 words
37. PROP. VIII. 1,900 words
38. PROP. IX. 200 words
39. PROP. X. 1,400 words
40. PROP. XI. 200 words
41. PROP. XII. 900 words
42. PROP. XIII. 300 words
43. PROP. XIV. 400 words
44. PROP. XVIII. 100 words
45. PROP. XIX. 200 words
46. PROP. XX. 300 words
47. _PART IV._ 7,300 words
48. _PART I._ 23,200 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Analysis
• Circle
• Interval (music)
• Light
• Moon

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