Q. Newton postulated his corpuscular theory on the basis of
A) Newton’s rings
B) Colours of thin films
C) Rectilinear propagation of light
D) Dispersion of white light
Explanation
(c) Newton’s first law of motion states that every particle travels in a straight line with a constant velocity unless disturbed by an external force. So the corpuscles travels in straight lines
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