On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 172
... ether producing any particular colour is directly as the length of a wave of that colour , and inversely as the velocity of light , it follows that the molecules of ether producing the extreme red of the solar spec- trum perform 458 ...
... ether producing any particular colour is directly as the length of a wave of that colour , and inversely as the velocity of light , it follows that the molecules of ether producing the extreme red of the solar spec- trum perform 458 ...
Page 173
... ether are so long compared with the dimensions of the molecules to which gold can be reduced , that it seemed probable to Dr. Faraday when the latter were placed in a sunbeam that some effective relation might be discovered between them ...
... ether are so long compared with the dimensions of the molecules to which gold can be reduced , that it seemed probable to Dr. Faraday when the latter were placed in a sunbeam that some effective relation might be discovered between them ...
Page 175
... ether . He says , - " Now , as regards only the general fact of the obstruction and ultimate extinction of light in its passage through gross media , if we compare the corpuscular and undulatory theories , we shall find that the former ...
... ether . He says , - " Now , as regards only the general fact of the obstruction and ultimate extinction of light in its passage through gross media , if we compare the corpuscular and undulatory theories , we shall find that the former ...
Page 177
... ether within it . Hence the waves of light are transmitted with less velocity in such media as glass and water than in the ex- ternal ether , As soon as a ray of light reaches the surface of a diaphanous reflecting substance , for ...
... ether within it . Hence the waves of light are transmitted with less velocity in such media as glass and water than in the ex- ternal ether , As soon as a ray of light reaches the surface of a diaphanous reflecting substance , for ...
Page 177
... ether . He says , - " Now , as regards only the general fact of the obstruction and ultimate extinction of light in its passage through gross media , if we compare the corpuscular and undulatory theories , we shall find that the former ...
... ether . He says , - " Now , as regards only the general fact of the obstruction and ultimate extinction of light in its passage through gross media , if we compare the corpuscular and undulatory theories , we shall find that the former ...
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