 | John Tyndall - 1870 - 110 pages
...say, that a hundred years ago another theory was held by the most eminent men, and that, as the theory then held had to yield, the undulatory theory may...mass competent to produce the disturbances of Uranus. Leverrier communicated the result of his calculation to Galle of Berlin ; and that same night Galle... | |
 | JOHN TYNDALL, L.L.D., F.R.S. - 1871 - 204 pages
...system; and how strong that theory is will be understood by those who have heard in this room Prof. Grant's lucid account of all that it explains. On...mass competent to produce the disturbances of Uranus. Leverrier communicated the result of his calculation to Galle, of Berlin; and that same night Galle... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1871 - 408 pages
...system ; and how strong that theory is will be understood by those who have heard in this room Prof. Grant's lucid account of all that it explains. On...mass competent to produce the disturbances of Uranus. Leverrier communicated the result of his calculation to Galle, of Berlin ; and that same night Galle... | |
 | Elroy McKendree Avery - 1879 - 156 pages
...account for all the phenomena of the solar system. On a precisely similar basis rests the nndulatory theory of light ; only that the phenomena which it...varied and complex than the phenomena of gravitation." — TyndaU. 2. 188000 x 5280 x 12 x 50000 = 595,584,000,000,000.— Ans. Puffe 424. § 657. See Prick's... | |
 | Elroy McKendree Avery - 1880 - 156 pages
...theory of gravitation rests on its competence to account for all the phenomena of the solar system. On a precisely similar basis rests the undulatory...varied and complex than the phenomena of gravitation." — Tyiidatt. 2. 188000 x 5280 x 12 x 50000 = 595,584,000,000,000.— Ans. Page 424. § 657. See Frick's... | |
 | Elroy McKendree Avery - 1886 - 284 pages
...theory of gravitation rests ou its competence to account for all the phenomena of the solar system. On a precisely similar basis rests the undulatory...varied and complex than the phenomena of gravitation." — Tyndail. " That light is not itself a substance may be proved from the phenomenon of interference.... | |
 | Marcellus John Thompson - 1887 - 232 pages
...theory of gravitation rests on its competence to account for all the phenomena of the solar system. On a precisely similar basis rests the undulatory...varied and complex than the phenomena of gravitation." — Notes on Light and Electricity, p. 126. When a man can bring forth arguments strong enough to overthrow... | |
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Grant's lucid account of all that it explains. On a precisely similar basis rests the undulatory theory of light; only that the phenomena which it explains are far more varied and complex than the phenomena of gravitation. You regard, and justly so, the... 