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Shapiro, A.E. (2005). Skating on the Edge: Newton’s Investigation of Chromatic Dispersion and Achromatic Prisms and Lenses. In: Buchwald, J.Z., Franklin, A. (eds) Wrong for the Right Reasons. Archimedes, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3048-7_6
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