COMPLETE [PHYSICS] Opticks by Isaac Newton - ava

pkrantz · Post by **pkrantz** » January 12th, 2012, 3:05 pm

Rapunzelina wrote: Section 11:
In (Rq/Iq) × (S cub./D quad.) [02:30] and (Rq × S cub.)/(Iq × D quad.) [03:23] both "q" and "quad." stand for "quadratum". I think it would be better if both were read the same, "squared", as I suggest for Section 9.

Here's Section 11 - updated with above.

Duration: 23:45
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/ava/opticks_11_newton.mp3

pkrantz · Post by **pkrantz** » January 12th, 2012, 5:07 pm

Rapunzelina wrote: Section 14:

03:51 &c. = etc.

04:16 "of the indico ιλμκ, and of the violet λGAμ.", here μ is the greek m

09:08 I heard "continues ever to be white", in text "continues ever after to be white"

15:25 I heard "a green in the middle", in text "a green the middle"

Here's Section 14 - updated with the above.

Duration: 16:55
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/ava/opticks_14_newton.mp3

pkrantz · Post by **pkrantz** » January 12th, 2012, 5:34 pm

Rapunzelina wrote: Section 15

15:46 &c. = etc.

Here's Section 15 - updated with the above.

Duration: 29:59
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/ava/opticks_15_newton.mp3

pkrantz · Post by **pkrantz** » January 12th, 2012, 5:50 pm

Rapunzelina wrote: Section 16

12:55 I heard "Fψ", in text "Fφ" (the greek phi)

Here's Section 16 - updated with the above.

Duration: 23:18
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/ava/opticks_16_newton.mp3

Post by **Availle** » January 13th, 2012, 2:00 am

Thanks Pamela!

Post by **Rapunzelina** » January 13th, 2012, 8:43 am

Spot-checked:

Section 11: PL - OK
Section 14: PL - OK
Section 15: PL - OK
Section 16: PL - OK

Thank you!

pkrantz · Post by **pkrantz** » January 13th, 2012, 7:23 pm

Here's Section 17.

Duration: 18:02
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/ava/opticks_17_newton.mp3

And I'd like to do Section 18 if I may.

Post by **Rapunzelina** » January 14th, 2012, 9:45 am

Section 17: PL - OK!

Post by **Availle** » January 14th, 2012, 10:15 am

Wow! With 17 ready, you should most certainly read 18 as well!

pkrantz · Post by **pkrantz** » January 14th, 2012, 8:14 pm

OK, now I feel like we’re gettin’ somewhere!

A question on Section 18 – The spelling “cinnaber” is old for “cinnabar.” Do you think it was actually pronounced “cinnaber” like “her” or “cinnabar” like “car,” as we do now? Can't find the answer in google!

Another question/thought:

There are a lot of “uppercase P uppercase Q uppercase R uppercase S uppercase T lowercase p lowercase q lowercase r lowercase s lowercase t” and similar run-ons in this section. Might using the term “uppercases PQRST lowercases pqrst],” etc., make listening to this reading a little less irritating on the brain even though it wouldn’t ‘match’ the previous readings that don't happen to have such long upper- and lowercase runs? I'll go with whatever 'the powers that be' decide!

Post by **Availle** » January 15th, 2012, 1:52 am

You completely flummoxed the BC here.

Unfortunately I cannot really answer either question - as a non-native English speaker, that is.

For the second one, if this is proper English, you can use the uppercaseS, as long as it's comprehensible for the listener, that's fine with me. I guess by the time anyone has listened that far, it would be understandable in any case.

Post by **Rapunzelina** » January 15th, 2012, 3:48 am

The same for me!
I'd say both pronunciation ways are acceptable. If I had to choose one, that would be "cinnabar".
Also, “uppercases PQRST lowercases pqrst” is just fine, and easier on the ear

pkrantz · Post by **pkrantz** » January 15th, 2012, 11:10 am

Thanks so much to you both for your input. I'll go with "cinnabar" pronunciation and upper or lowercase"S" then.

pkrantz · Post by **pkrantz** » January 15th, 2012, 7:39 pm

Here's Section 18 -

Duration: 19:14
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/ava/opticks_18_newton.mp3

I'll go for 19 Book II Part I - Observations 1 - 6 but you'll have to let me know what we're doing with the tables to come. Will they be read in some way? If so, have you come to a decision as to how?

Post by **Rapunzelina** » January 16th, 2012, 3:10 am

Thank you Pamela! Section 18: PL - OK