Newton
(Sir Isaac) discovered the prismatic colours of light.
(1642-1727.)
Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night,
God said, `Let Newton be,' and all was light.
Pope.
The Newton of Harmony. Jean Philippe Rameau was so called from his
work entitled a Dissertation on the Principles of Harmony. (1683-1764.)
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