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Nineteenth-century aether theories
Title:
Nineteenth-century aether theories
Author:
Schaffner, Kenneth F.
ISBN:
9781483158280
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Edition:
[1st ed.].
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, [1972]
Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix, 278 pages)
Series:
The Commonwealth and international library. Selected readings in physics
Commonwealth and international library. Selected readings in physics.
Contents:
Letter from Augustin Fresnel to Fraņcois Arago, on the influence of the movement of the earth on some phenomena of optics.--On the aberration of light, by G.G. Stokes.--On the relative motion of the earth and the luminiferous aether, by A.A. Michelson and E.W. Morley.--On the laws of the reflexion and refraction of light at the common surface of two non-crystallized media, by G. Green.--An essay towards a dynamical theory of crystalline reflexion and refraction (sections 1 and 3) by J. MacCullagh.--On a gyrostatic adynamic constitution for ether, by W. Thomson (Lord Kelvin).--On the electromagnetic theory of the reflection and refraction of light (an extract) by G.F. Fitzgerald.--The rotational ether in its application to electromagnetism, by O. Heaviside.--Aether and matter (sections 49-54, 102-116), by J. Larmor.--An inquiry into electrical and optical phenomena in moving bodies (introduction) by H.A. Lorentz.--Simplified theory of ical electrical and optical phenomena in moving systems, by H.A. Lorentz. ical.
Abstract:
Nineteenth-Century Aether Theories focuses on aether theories. The selection first offers information on the development of aether theories by taking into consideration the positions of Christiaan Huygens, Thomas Young, and Augustin Fresnel. The text then examines the elastic solid aether. Concerns include Green's aether theory, MacCullagh's aether theory, and Kelvin's aether theory. The text also reviews Lorentz' aether and electron theory. The development of Lorentz' ideas of the stagnant aether and electrons; Lorentz' theorem of corresponding states and its development; and Lorentz' respons.
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Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Shelf Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| QC177 .S48 1972 | 1182508-1001 | Elsevier E-Book Collections | Searching... |
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