Excerpt from Physical Optics, Vol. 2: The Corpuscular Theory of Light: Discussed Mathematically The undulatory theory therefore being abandoned, we must recur to a corpuscular theory, with the principle of periodicity as an essential property of light; or the luminiferous corpuscles must be considered as flying off in surfaces, sheets, or shells from luminous points, with intervals (x) which are constant for the same colour of the solar spectrum, but which vary from colour to colour, and have the values in the table, ...
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Excerpt from Physical Optics, Vol. 2: The Corpuscular Theory of Light: Discussed Mathematically The undulatory theory therefore being abandoned, we must recur to a corpuscular theory, with the principle of periodicity as an essential property of light; or the luminiferous corpuscles must be considered as flying off in surfaces, sheets, or shells from luminous points, with intervals (x) which are constant for the same colour of the solar spectrum, but which vary from colour to colour, and have the values in the table, page 70, Part I. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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