| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1802 - 638 pagina’s
...— ideoque " spatium totum occupabunt. — Hoc experimur in sonis." (Princip. Lib. II. Prop. 42. " Are not all hypotheses erroneous, in which light is...pression or motion, propagated through a fluid " medium ? — If it consisted in pression or motion, propagated " either in an instant, or in time, it would... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1835 - 806 pagina’s
...or medium through which they pass *." " Are not all hypotheses erroneous," he adds in another place, "in which light is supposed to consist in pression or motion, propagated through a fluid medium ? . . . . Pressions or motions, propagated from a shining body through an uniform medium, must be on... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1835 - 766 pagina’s
...or medium through which they pass *." " Are not all hypotheses erroneous," he adds in another place, "in which light is supposed to consist in pression or motion, propagated through a fluid medium ? . . . . Pressions or motions, propagated from a shining body through an uniform medium, must be on... | |
| William Whewell - 1837 - 556 pagina’s
...light to consist in undulations merely. " Are not," he says, in Question twenty-eight of the Opticks, "all hypotheses erroneous, in which light is supposed...pression or motion propagated through a fluid medium?" The arguments which most weighed with him to produce this conviction, appear to have been the one already... | |
| Baden Powell - 1841 - 210 pagina’s
...difference in the lengths of waves of light and of sound. Again, in the 28th query of the Opticks, he asks, "Are not all hypotheses erroneous, in which light...pression or motion propagated through a fluid medium? If it consisted in pression or motion propagated either in an instant or in time, it would bend into... | |
| William Whewell - 1858 - 682 pagina’s
...light to consist in undulations merely. " Are not," he says, in Question twenty -eight of the Opticks, "all hypotheses erroneous, in which light is supposed...pression or motion propagated through a fluid medium f ' The arguments which most weighed with him to produce this conviction, appear to have been the one... | |
| Robert Routledge - 1881 - 748 pagina’s
...undulations as the mode of action, is clearly stated by himself: "Are not all hypotheses erroneous," he asks, "in which light is supposed to consist in pression or motion propagated through a fluid medium ? If it consisted in pression or motion, propagated either in an instant or in time, it would bend... | |
| Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1887 - 638 pagina’s
...in motion tho water at the back of it. Basing himself on this and similar observations, he says, " Are not all hypotheses erroneous in which light is supposed to consist of a pression or motion propagated through a fluid medium ? If it consisted in pression or motion,... | |
| 1918 - 334 pagina’s
...queries at the end of the work is increased from IG to 31, including the celebrated one (No. 28) : ' Are not all hypotheses erroneous in which Light is...pression or motion propagated through a fluid medium ? . . . 1 С it consisted in pression or in motion propagated either in an instant or in time, it would... | |
| John Tyndall - 1892 - 522 pagina’s
...in motion the water at the back of it. Basing hims-elf on this and similar observations, he says, ' Are not all hypotheses erroneous in which light is supposed to consist of a pression or motion propagated through a fli id medium ? If it consisted in pression or motion,... | |
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