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... vibrations of the ether accompanied by condensations and rarefactions , analogous to the vibrations of the air in the case of sound , since such vibrations would be propagated with about 10,000 times the velocity of the earth , + Ante ...
... vibrations of the ether accompanied by condensations and rarefactions , analogous to the vibrations of the air in the case of sound , since such vibrations would be propagated with about 10,000 times the velocity of the earth , + Ante ...
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... vibrations take place in regular series , fall beyond the limits of the visible spec- trum , or because they are discontinuous , and the sensation of light may require the succession of a number of similar vibrations . It is certainly ...
... vibrations take place in regular series , fall beyond the limits of the visible spec- trum , or because they are discontinuous , and the sensation of light may require the succession of a number of similar vibrations . It is certainly ...
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... vibrations in our medium would be nearly the same as that of sound in water ; the velocity of propagation of transversal vibrations , depending as it does on the tangential elasticity , would become very small . Conceive now a medium ...
... vibrations in our medium would be nearly the same as that of sound in water ; the velocity of propagation of transversal vibrations , depending as it does on the tangential elasticity , would become very small . Conceive now a medium ...
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... vibrations of our thin jelly are , in the case of the ether , replaced by vibrations propagated with a velocity of nearly 200,000 miles in a second : we should expect , à priori , the velocity of propagation of normal vibrations to be ...
... vibrations of our thin jelly are , in the case of the ether , replaced by vibrations propagated with a velocity of nearly 200,000 miles in a second : we should expect , à priori , the velocity of propagation of normal vibrations to be ...
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... vibrations produced by the two streams , when brought to the same focus , will oppose each other , and there will be a minimum of illumination ; but when M is an even multiple of the two streams will combine , and the illumination will ...
... vibrations produced by the two streams , when brought to the same focus , will oppose each other , and there will be a minimum of illumination ; but when M is an even multiple of the two streams will combine , and the illumination will ...
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