Nineteenth-Century Aether Theories

Nineteenth-Century Aether Theories focuses on aether theories. The selection first offers information on the development of aether theories by taking into consideration the positions of Christiaan Huygens, Thomas Young, and Augustin Fresnel. The text then examines the elastic solid aether. Concerns include Green''s aether theory, MacCullagh''s aether theory, and Kelvin''s aether theory. The text...