 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1722 - Страниц: 722
...from other Difficulties, I know not ; for to me the fundamental Suppofition itfelf feems impoffible, namely, that the Waves or Vibrations of any Fluid, can, like the Rays of Light, be propagated in ftreight Lines, without a continual and very extravagant fpreading and bending every way into the qutefcent... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1749 - Страниц: 674
...from other Difficulties, I know not$ for to me the fundamental Suppofition itfelf feems impoiïïble, namely, that the Waves or Vibrations of any Fluid, can, like the Rays ot Light, be propagated in ftreight Lines, without a continual and very extravagant fpreading and bending... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1802 - Страниц: 638
...the objections which NEWTON has grounded upon it. " To me, the fundamental supposition itself seems impossible ; " namely, that the waves or vibrations...light, be propagated in straight lines, without a con" tinual and very extravagant spreading and bending every " way into the quiescent medium, where... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1802 - Страниц: 752
...which Newton has ground- " " ed upon it. " To me, the fundamental fuppofition itfelf íeems imponible ; namely, that the waves or vibrations of any fluid can, like the rays of light, be propagated in ftraight lines, without a continual and very extravagaht fpreading and bending every way into the quiefcent... | |
 | Baden Powell - 1841 - Страниц: 210
...passing through an aperture. " To me," Newton observes, " the fundamental supposition itself seems impossible; namely, that the waves or vibrations of...both experiment and demonstration to the contrary." (Phil. Trans. Vol. x. No. 88. p. 5089-) It is remarkable that he should have himself referred to the... | |
 | David Brewster - 1855 - Страниц: 504
...states that this, which he calls the fundamental supposition in Hooke's hypothesis, " seems itself impossible ; namely, that the waves or vibrations...quiescent medium where they are terminated by it. I am mistaken if there be not both experiment and demonstration to the contrary." In thus summarily rejecting... | |
 | 1893 - Страниц: 630
...to a criticism of Hooke's in 1672, he writes : " For to me the fundamental supposition itself seems impossible— namely, that the waves or vibrations...of light, be propagated in straight lines without continual and very extravagant spreading and bending into the quiescent medium where they are terminated... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1894 - Страниц: 1272
...a criticism of Hooke's in 1672 he writes : — ' For to me the fundamental supposition itself seems impossible, namely, that the waves or vibrations of...of light, be propagated in straight lines without continual and very extravagant spreading and bending into the quiescent medium where they are terminated... | |
 | Florian Cajori - 1899 - Страниц: 342
...to explain the rectilinear path of rays. He says : " To me the fundamental supposition itself seems impossible, namely, that the waves or vibrations of...there be not both experiment and demonstration to the contrary."2 If light consisted of vibrations, it would, like sound, " bend into the shadow." The emission... | |
 | Florian Cajori - 1899 - Страниц: 340
...to explain the rectilinear path of rays. He says : " To me the fundamental supposition itself seems impossible, namely, that the waves or vibrations of...there be not both experiment and demonstration to the contrary."2 If light consisted of vibrations, it would, like sound, " bend into the shadow." The emission... | |
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To me the fundamental supposition itself seems impossible, namely, that the waves or vibrations of any fluid can, like the rays of light, be propagated in straight lines, without a continual and very extravagant spreading and bending every way into the... 
