The Ether of Space - Paperback
by Oliver Lodge
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781547279104ISBN-10:1547279109UPC:9781547279104Book Category:FictionSize:9.02 x 5.98 x 0.22 inchesWeight:0.34Product ID:SC7625JR2H
The derivation of the word seems to indicate some connexion in men's minds with the idea of Fire: the other three "elements," Earth, Water, Air, representing the solid, liquid, and gaseous conditions of ordinary matter respectively. The name ther suggests a far more subtle or penetrating and ultra-material kind of substance. Newton employs the term for the medium which fills space-not only space which appears to be empty, but space also which appears to be full; for the luminiferous ether must undoubtedly penetrate between the atoms-must exist in the pores so to speak-of every transparent substance, else light could not travel through it. The following is an extract from Newton's surmises concerning this medium: - "Qu. 18.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781547279104ISBN-10:1547279109UPC:9781547279104Book Category:FictionSize:9.02 x 5.98 x 0.22 inchesWeight:0.34Product ID:SC7625JR2H
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