| John Tyndall - 1870 - 92 pages
...whether a moving body drags the ether 73 along with it in its motion. 'Qi&ebTtd&fcn-iffi&'affpititJof. the ether adheres to the molecules of the body, and...was held by the most eminent men, and that, as the fheory then held had to yield, the undulatory theory may have to yield also. This is perfectly logical.... | |
| John Tyndall - 1875 - 236 pages
...of an ether is held by the most eminent scientific workers of the age. But while I have endeavored to place before you with the utmost possible clearness the basis of the undulatory theory, do I therefore^wish to close your eyes against any evidence that may arise of its incorrectness ? Far from... | |
| Elroy McKendree Avery - 1879 - 156 pages
...§ 648. See Draper's "Scientific Memoirs." Pnije 422. " While I hare endeavored to place before yon, with the utmost possible clearness, the basis of the...against any evidence that may arise of its incorrectness t Far from it. Ton may say, and justly say, that a hundred years ago another theory was held by the... | |
| Elroy McKendree Avery - 1880 - 156 pages
...§ 648. See Draper's " Scientific Memoirs." Page 422. " While I have endeavored to place before yon, with the utmost possible clearness, the basis of the...and that, as the theory then held had to yield, the uudulatory theory may have to yield also. This is perfectly logical. Just in the same way, a person... | |
| Elroy McKendree Avery - 1886 - 284 pages
...Light," §§ 31-34 and 205-220 and Stokes's " Nature of Light," Lecture I. " While I have endeavored to place before you, with the utmost possible clearness,...against any evidence that may arise of its incorrectness 1 Far from it. You may say, and justly say, that a hundred years ago another theory was held by the... | |
| Marcellus John Thompson - 1887 - 232 pages
...the undulatorv theory of light, do I tHereiorc wisn TO close your eyes against any evidence that mav arise of its incorrectness? Far from it. You may say,...another theory was held by the most eminent men, and tha', as the theory then held had to yield, the undulatory theory may have to yield also. This is perfectly... | |
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