Nature, Volume 108Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1921 - Electronic journals |
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... æther , and at the same time to remove all substan- tiality from the very great number of æthers thus postulated . The plain man wants to know , if the light comes from the sun , in which æther it travels , the sun's æther or the ...
... æther , and at the same time to remove all substan- tiality from the very great number of æthers thus postulated . The plain man wants to know , if the light comes from the sun , in which æther it travels , the sun's æther or the ...
Page 89
... æther is responsible for cohesion , for chemical affinity , for electric and magnetic forces , for light , aye , and , as we learn from Einstein , for gravita- tion too .. Is there anything the æther does not do ? Yes , it does not ...
... æther is responsible for cohesion , for chemical affinity , for electric and magnetic forces , for light , aye , and , as we learn from Einstein , for gravita- tion too .. Is there anything the æther does not do ? Yes , it does not ...
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... æther is a neces- sary postulate . His acceptance of the principle of relativity does not apparently in the least affect his belief in the real physical existence of the æther ; it seems only to have added a few more negative quali ...
... æther is a neces- sary postulate . His acceptance of the principle of relativity does not apparently in the least affect his belief in the real physical existence of the æther ; it seems only to have added a few more negative quali ...
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BarrettHamilton and M A C Hinton | 21 |
42s | 266 |
ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY at Royal Society of Arts at 5 30 | 296 |
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