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... wave . In like manner 250 would be the number in the length of a red ray , and the difference about 80. It seems plain that , in a discontinuous medium of the kind suppposed , no vibration can be propagated to any distance , of which ...
... wave . In like manner 250 would be the number in the length of a red ray , and the difference about 80. It seems plain that , in a discontinuous medium of the kind suppposed , no vibration can be propagated to any distance , of which ...
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... waves of light , that the mean distance of th ether monads must be less than one ten - millionth of a inch , or m greater than 7. But other facts lead to th inference that both of these indices have a much highe value , and that the ...
... waves of light , that the mean distance of th ether monads must be less than one ten - millionth of a inch , or m greater than 7. But other facts lead to th inference that both of these indices have a much highe value , and that the ...
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... waves of light in denser substances . And it results at once from the present hypothesis . For the velocity of restoration , after a disturbance , or the modulus of elasticity , must be diminished by the whole cohesive power of the ...
... waves of light in denser substances . And it results at once from the present hypothesis . For the velocity of restoration , after a disturbance , or the modulus of elasticity , must be diminished by the whole cohesive power of the ...
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... wave determines the refrangi- bility , but it is still an open question , if not decided by this time in the ... wave is constant in the same medium , and is diminished in one of greater density , in the ratio of the index of refraction ...
... wave determines the refrangi- bility , but it is still an open question , if not decided by this time in the ... wave is constant in the same medium , and is diminished in one of greater density , in the ratio of the index of refraction ...
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... waves , of which the recoil is most rapid , since it is the increase of compression which alone can develop a larger ratio of ... wave , since the violet are more refracted than the red rays . Sir J. Herschel remarks on this difficulty ...
... waves , of which the recoil is most rapid , since it is the increase of compression which alone can develop a larger ratio of ... wave , since the violet are more refracted than the red rays . Sir J. Herschel remarks on this difficulty ...
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Page 3 - I frame no hypotheses: for whatever is not deduced from the phenomena is to be called an hypothesis ; and hypotheses, whether metaphysical or physical, whether of occult qualities or mechanical, have no place in experimental philosophy.
Page 37 - It seems possible to account for all the phenomena of heat, if it be supposed that in solids the particles are in a constant state of vibratory motion, the particles of the hottest bodies moving with the greatest velocity...