 Were I to assume an hypothesis, it should be this, if propounded more generally so as not to determine what light is, further than that it is something or other capable of exciting vibrations in the aether...  The Theory of Light - Page 18by Thomas Preston - 1890 - 574 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Andrew Ure - Chemistry - 1821 - 418 pages
...glass without resistance, and yet turn a magnetic needle beyond the glass ?" -- Optics, Qu. 18. 22. " Were I to assume an hypothesis, it should be this,...more generally, so as not to determine what light is, farther than that it is something or other capable of exciting vibrations in the ether ; for thus it... | |
 | Andrew Ure - Chemistry - 1821 - 512 pages
...of glass without resistance, and yet turn a magnetic needle beyond the glass?" -Optio, QH. 18. 22. " Were I to assume an hypothesis, it should be this, if propounded more generally, eo as not to determine what light is, farther than that it is something or other capable of exciting... | |
 | Andrew Ure - Bible and geology - 1829 - 704 pages
...Huyghens, was at one time contemplated by Newton, with no unfavourable eye. " Were I," says Newton, " to assume an hypothesis, it should be this, if propounded...to determine what light is, further than that it Is some20 BOOK I.-CHAP. II.-OF LIGHT. thing or other capable of exciting vibrations in the ether ; for... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1835 - 766 pages
...part of his hypothesis, and supposed that the vibrations of his ethereal • Phil. Tram. 1672. f " Were I to assume an hypothesis, it should be this,...to determine what light is, further than that it is somethiny or other capable of excitiny vibrations in the ether ; for thus it will become so general,... | |
 | David Brewster - 1855 - 518 pages
...consideration who may think it worth their endeavour to apply this hypothesis to the solution of phaenomena.' Were I to assume an hypothesis, it should be this,...something or other capable of exciting vibrations in the aether ; for thus it will become so general and comprehensive of other hypotheses as to leave little... | |
 | James David Forbes - Mathematics - 1856 - 218 pages
...usual phenomena of reflection, refraction, and total reflection. 1 Thus Newton writes in 1676 :— " Were I to assume an hypothesis, it should be this,...more generally, so as not to determine what light is farther than that it is something or other capable of exciting vibrations in the ether ; for thus it... | |
 | Electrical engineering - 1893 - 630 pages
...IL, and in the Phil. Mag., September, 1846, pp. 187-213. '• Were I," he writes in this paper, *' to assume an hypothesis, it should be this, if propounded more generally, so as not to assume what light is further than that it is something or other capable of exciting vibrations of the... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1894 - 1272 pages
...App. II., and in the 'Phil. Mag,' September 1846, pp. 187-213. ' Were I,' he writes in this paper, ' to assume an hypothesis, it should be this, if propounded more generally, so as not to assume what light is further than that it is something or other capaWe of exciting vibrations of the... | |
 | Paul Carus - Electronic journals - 1915 - 672 pages
...afterwards remarked: "Were I to assume an hypothesis, it should be this [that mentioned in § III above], if propounded more generally so as not to determine...something or other capable of exciting vibrations in the ether."29 Newton then proceeded to describe the hypothesis. "( I ) It is to be supposed therein that... | |
 | Devendra Náth Mallik - Optics - 1917 - 210 pages
...Society but withheld from publication at his own request, he thus states his hypothesis : M. o. T. 2 "Were I to assume an hypothesis, it should be this, if propounded more generally, so as not to assume what light is further than that it is something or other, capable of exciting vibrations of... | |
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