Part of the ensuing Discourse about Light was written at the Desire of some Gentlemen of the Royal-Society in the Year 1675 and then sent to their Secretary and read at their Meetings and the rest was added about twelve Years after to complete the Theory except the third Book and the last Proposition of the Second which were since put together out of scatterd Papers To avoid being engaged in Disputes about these Matters I have hitherto delayed th...