THE PERSISTENT ETHER. “What is the ultimate constitution of the aether? Is it molecular or continuous?” Maxwell (1878) finished his article in the same way he began it, namely, by appealing to the necessity of the ether. Not only because the wave theory of light necessarily called for the existence of the medium, but also due to an horror vacui in interstellar space.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022