BLUE

, one of the seven primitive colours of the rays of light, into which they are divided when refracted through a glass prism. See Newton's Optics &c. See also Chromatics.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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BLINDNESS
BLINDS
BLOCKADE
BLONDEL (Francis)
BLOW
* BLUE
BLUENESS
BODY
BOFFRAND (Germain)
BOILING
BOMB