Article ID: CBB000004464

Optics and the theory of the punctiform ether (1980)

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Description Cauchy's development of Fresnel's model of the ether as a system of point masses and its influence on British optical theory in the 1830s.


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Authors & Contributors
Worrall, John
Chen, Xiang
Wright, Aaron Sidney
Saldaña, Juan José
Rosmorduc, Vinca
Rosmorduc, Jean
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Perspectives on Science
Science in Context
Rittenhouse: Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise
Revista Mexicana de Física
Recherche
Publishers
World Scientific
Vuibert
Concepts
Optics
Physics
Light
Electromagnetic waves; radiation
Mathematics
Continuity
People
Fresnel, Augustin Jean
Young, Thomas
Fraunhofer, Joseph von
Arago, François Jean Dominique
Poisson, Siméon Denis
Newton, Isaac
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
Early modern
20th century
17th century
Places
British Isles
Mississippi (U.S.)
United States
France
Great Britain
Institutions
University of Mississippi
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