...earth with respect to the ether would alter the time of the double passage by a quantity depending on the square of the ratio of the earth's velocity to that of light, and this is quite too small to be observed. But if JE is the distance of Jupiter from the earth, and /...

...earth with respect to the ether would alter the time of the double passage by a quantity depending on the square of the ratio of the earth's velocity to that of light, and this is quite too small to be observed. But if JE is the distance of Jupiter from the earth and l the...

...respect to the ether would alter the time of the double passage by a quantity depending on the equare of the ratio of the earth's velocity to that of light, and this is quite too small to be olmerved." naturel d'admettre que l'ether, qui n'est pas aflecte par...

...earth with respect to the ether would alter the time of the double passage by a quantity depending on the square of the ratio of the earth's velocity to that of light, and this is quite too small to be observed.' Note 2 (to page 73). Usually, at least in all text-books,...

...velocity v, and the aether in a refracting medium with a velocity * Communicated by the Author. — j-, in a direction contrary to that of the earth's real motion....the Comptes Rendus of the Academy of Sciences, p. 77-t, there is a short notice of a memoir by M. Babinet, giving an account of an experiment which seemed...

...speed of light could detect the earth's motion through the aether because the effect would depend on the square of the ratio of the earth's velocity to that of light - an effect too small to be observed. Maxwell presented a very simple argument. Imagine that the earth...

...of glass interposed between two given points will be independent of the motion of the earth, if we neglect the square of the ratio of the earth's velocity to that of light.' (6) Stokes had discussed the rotation of the plane of polarisation of plane-polarised light which has...

...calculated to be of the second order, and so too small to be observed. The effect is a function of the square of the ratio of the earth's velocity to that of light, vie. To quantities of the first order of this ratio, no effect is predicted and none is observed. To...

...earth with respect to the ether would alter the time of the double passage by a quantity depending on the square of the ratio of the earth's velocity to that of light, and this is quite too small to be observed. But if JE is the distance of Jupiter from the earth, and /...