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Light impinging on a refracting or reflecting ethereal superficies…

Quote byIsaac Newton · 1643–1727

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Hypothesis explaining the Properties of Light (1675).

English (original)

light impinging on a refracting or reflecting ethereal superficies puts it into a vibrating motion

— Isaac Newton

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