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Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light

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Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light

Summary

Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light is a written work[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light authored Isaac Newton[3].
  • Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light's genre is scientific literature[5].
  • Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light's place of publication is recorded as Gipuzkoa[6].
  • Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light's Commons category is recorded as Opticks (book)[7].
  • Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of England[9].
  • Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light was published on 1704[10].
  • Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light's has edition or translation is recorded as Optice : sive de reflexionibus, refractionibus, inflexionibus et coloribus lucis[11].
  • Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light's has edition or translation is recorded as Q108524960[12].
  • Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light's has edition or translation is recorded as Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light[13].
  • Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light's main subject is optics[14].
  • Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light's work available at URL is recorded as http://www.rarebookroom.org/Control/nwtopt/index.html[15].
  • Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light'}[16].
  • Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light's copyright status is recorded as public domain[17].
  • Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light's copyright status is recorded as public domain[18].

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Designation and Status

Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Isaac Newton Kingdom of England public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Has edition or translation → Optice : sive de reflexionibus, refractionibus, inflexionibus et coloribus lucis, Q108524960, Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light
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