The New Physics and Its EvolutionK. Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Company, Limited, 1907 - 344 pagini This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. |
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... consequences from Faraday's laws ( pp . 155-168 ) . THE ETHER CHAPTER VI PAGES 169-207 § 1. The Luminiferous Ether : First idea of Ether due to Descartes - Ether must be imponderable - Fresnel shows light vibrations to be transverse ...
... consequences from Faraday's laws ( pp . 155-168 ) . THE ETHER CHAPTER VI PAGES 169-207 § 1. The Luminiferous Ether : First idea of Ether due to Descartes - Ether must be imponderable - Fresnel shows light vibrations to be transverse ...
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... consequences of the recent discoveries has been to rehabilitate in the eyes of scholars , speculations relating to the constitution of matter , and , in a more general way , metaphysical problems . Philosophy has , of course , never ...
... consequences of the recent discoveries has been to rehabilitate in the eyes of scholars , speculations relating to the constitution of matter , and , in a more general way , metaphysical problems . Philosophy has , of course , never ...
Pagina 51
... consequences of which we shall be able at once to check by the experiments from which they issue . Among the principles almost universally adopted until lately figure prominently those of mechanics- such as the principle of relativity ...
... consequences of which we shall be able at once to check by the experiments from which they issue . Among the principles almost universally adopted until lately figure prominently those of mechanics- such as the principle of relativity ...
Pagina 72
... consequence of considerations which deal only with heat and mechanical work . Like it , too , it has evolved , grown , and invaded the entire domain of physics . It may be interesting to examine rapidly the various phases of this ...
... consequence of considerations which deal only with heat and mechanical work . Like it , too , it has evolved , grown , and invaded the entire domain of physics . It may be interesting to examine rapidly the various phases of this ...
Pagina 73
... consequence of the discovery of the principle of equivalence , might have seemed perfectly justified . Written , in fact , on the hypo- thesis of the indestructibility of caloric , it was to be expected that this memoir should be ...
... consequence of the discovery of the principle of equivalence , might have seemed perfectly justified . Written , in fact , on the hypo- thesis of the indestructibility of caloric , it was to be expected that this memoir should be ...
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Pagina 19 - I often say that if you can measure that of which you speak, and can express it by a number, you know something of your subject ; but if you cannot measure it, your knowledge is meagre and unsatisfactory.
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