Scientific Use of the Imagination and Other EssaysLongmans, Green and Company, 1872 - 63 páginas |
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... ether , beyond the ' as if ' you cannot go . Nay I should not wonder if a close comparison of the data on which both inferences rest , caused many respectable persons to conclude that the ether had the best of it . , This universal ...
... ether , beyond the ' as if ' you cannot go . Nay I should not wonder if a close comparison of the data on which both inferences rest , caused many respectable persons to conclude that the ether had the best of it . , This universal ...
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... ether waves to their source ; remembering at the same time that your ether is matter , dense , elastic , and capable of motions subject to and determined by mechanical laws . What then do you expect to find as the source of a series of ...
... ether waves to their source ; remembering at the same time that your ether is matter , dense , elastic , and capable of motions subject to and determined by mechanical laws . What then do you expect to find as the source of a series of ...
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... ether by the swinging atoms of luminous bodies are of dif- ferent lengths and amplitudes . The amplitude is the width of swing of the individual particles of the wave . In water- waves it is the height of the crest above the trough ...
... ether by the swinging atoms of luminous bodies are of dif- ferent lengths and amplitudes . The amplitude is the width of swing of the individual particles of the wave . In water- waves it is the height of the crest above the trough ...
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... ether reflected by clouds , by solids , and by liquids , but when they pass from light air to dense , or from dense air to light , a portion of the wave- motion is always reflected . Now our atmosphere changes continually in density ...
... ether reflected by clouds , by solids , and by liquids , but when they pass from light air to dense , or from dense air to light , a portion of the wave- motion is always reflected . Now our atmosphere changes continually in density ...
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... ether , but reflects them all alike . It exercises no selective action . Now the cause of this may be that the cloud particles are so large in comparison with the size of the waves of ether as to reflect them all indifferently . A broad ...
... ether , but reflects them all alike . It exercises no selective action . Now the cause of this may be that the cloud particles are so large in comparison with the size of the waves of ether as to reflect them all indifferently . A broad ...
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