Mathematical and physical papers, by George Gabriel Stokes. Reprinted from the original journals and transactions, with additional notes by the author. Vol. 2
Subtitle: Vol. 3
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9781418183189
Subjects: Mathematics / General
First sentence: THE phenomenon of aberration may be reconciled with the undulatory theory of light, as I have already shown (Phil. Mag., Vol. XXVII. p. 9), without making the violent supposition that the ether passes freely through the earth in its motion round the sun, but supposing, on the contrary, that the ether close to the surface of the earth is at rest relatively to the earth.