 Young, — a theory which, if not founded in nature, is certainly one of the happiest fictions that the genius of man has yet invented to group together natural phenomena, as well as the most fortunate in the support it has unexpectedly received from...  Optics - Pagina 173de Dionysius Lardner - 1856Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 876 pagini
...scarcely to be mentioned with the elegant, simple, and comprehensive theory of Young, — a theory which, if not founded in nature, is certainly one...as well as the most fortunate in the support it has unexpectedly received from whole classes of new phenomena, which at their first discovery seemed in... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 644 pagini
...undulatory propagation. The theory subsequently received a great extension from the ingenious labors of Fresnel ; and the still more recent researches...most fortunate in the support it has received from whole classes of new phenomena, which at their discovery seemed in irreconcilable opposition to it.... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 664 pagini
...of demonstrated truths. " It is a theory," says Herschel, " which, if not founded in nature, is ъ certainly one of the happiest fictions that the genius...yet invented to group together natural phenomena, A well as the most fortunate in the support it has received from whole classes of new phenomena, which... | |
 | 398 pagini
...truths. " It is a theory," says Herscbel, " which if not founded in nature, is certainly one of tb« happiest fictions that the genius of man has. yet...most fortunate in the support it has received from whole classes of new phenomena, which, at their discovery, seemed ID irreconcilable opposition to it.... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1855 - 846 pagini
...light, Sir John Herschel styles it "the elegant, simple, and comprehensive theory of Young, — a theory which, if not founded in nature, is certainly one...natural phenomena, as well as the most fortunate in the unexpected support it has received from all classes of new phenomena, which at their first discovery,... | |
 | George Peacock - 1855 - 602 pagini
...scarcely to be mentioned, with the elegant, simple, and comprehensive theory of Young, — a theory which, if not founded in nature, is certainly one...natural phenomena, as well as the most fortunate in the unexpected support it has received from all classes of new phenomena, which, at their first discovery,... | |
 | William Whewell - 1858 - 682 pagini
...scarcely to be mentioned, with the elegant, simple, and comprehensive theory of Young, — a theory which, if not founded in nature, is certainly one of the happiest fictions that the genius of man ever invented to grasp together natural phenomena, which, at their first discovery, seemed in irreconcilcable... | |
 | John Radford Young - 1861 - 50 pagini
...Powell, and other distinguished men of science of the present century. Herschel says, " It is a theory, which, if not founded in nature, is certainly one...fictions that the genius of man has yet invented. It is, in fact, in all its applications and details, one succession of felicities ; inasmuch as that... | |
 | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - 1866 - 972 pagini
...general laws of diffraction, and to the true principles of the colouration of crystallised substances. ' It is a theory,' says Herschel, 'which, if not founded...most fortunate in the support it has received from whole classes of new phenoLIGHT LIGHTHOUSE mena, which at their discovery seemed in irre- ! taming... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1866 - 968 pagini
...general laws of diffraction, and to the true principles of the colouration of crystallised substances. ' It is a theory,' says Herschel, ' which, if not founded...nature, is certainly one of the happiest fictions that !he genius of man luis yet invented to group together natural phenomena, as well as the most fortunate... | |
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