James Jeans Quote

At this time, space was supposed to be filled with an ether, a substance which might well serve, among other functions, to transmit forces across space. So long as such an ether could be called on, the transmission of force to a distance was easy to understand; it was like ringing a distant bell by pulling a bell-rope.

Physics and Philosophy (1942)

At this time, space was supposed to be filled with an ether, a substance which might well serve, among other functions, to transmit forces across...

At this time, space was supposed to be filled with an ether, a substance which might well serve, among other functions, to transmit forces across...

At this time, space was supposed to be filled with an ether, a substance which might well serve, among other functions, to transmit forces across...

At this time, space was supposed to be filled with an ether, a substance which might well serve, among other functions, to transmit forces across...