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... and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour - Newton's Scale of Colours — Diffraction of Light -- Sir John Herschel's Theory of the Absorption of Light — Refraction and Reflection of Light 167 SECTION XXI .
... and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour - Newton's Scale of Colours — Diffraction of Light -- Sir John Herschel's Theory of the Absorption of Light — Refraction and Reflection of Light 167 SECTION XXI .
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Interference of Light — Undulatory Theory of Light – Propagation of Light — Newton's Rings — Measurement of the Length of the Waves of Light , and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours ...
Interference of Light — Undulatory Theory of Light – Propagation of Light — Newton's Rings — Measurement of the Length of the Waves of Light , and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours ...
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The identity of the velocity of light , at the distance of Jupiter , and on the earth's surface , shows that its velocity is uniform ; and as light consists in the vibrations of an elastic medium or ether filling space , the uniformity ...
The identity of the velocity of light , at the distance of Jupiter , and on the earth's surface , shows that its velocity is uniform ; and as light consists in the vibrations of an elastic medium or ether filling space , the uniformity ...
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... disc were distinctly visible , and during that of 1856 the moon was like a beautiful rose - coloured ball floating in the ether : the colour is owing to the refraction of the sun's light passing through the earth's atmosphere .
... disc were distinctly visible , and during that of 1856 the moon was like a beautiful rose - coloured ball floating in the ether : the colour is owing to the refraction of the sun's light passing through the earth's atmosphere .
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... atoms is a little more powerful than the mutual repulsion between the particles of matter , the ether and the matter attract each other with unequal intensities , which leaves an excess of attractive force constituting gravitation .
... atoms is a little more powerful than the mutual repulsion between the particles of matter , the ether and the matter attract each other with unequal intensities , which leaves an excess of attractive force constituting gravitation .
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| Title | On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences |
| Author | Mary Somerville |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1858 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 12 Apr 2012 |
| Length | 523 pages |
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