Norman Lockyer Quote

We believe that each molecular vibration disturbs the ether; that spectra are thus begotten' each wavelength of light resulting from a molecular tremor of corresponding wavelength. The molecule is, in fact, the sender, the ether the wire, and the eye the receiving instrument, in this new telegraphy.


Studies in Spectrum Analysis, Chapter IV (pp. 118-119), D. Appleton & Company. 1878


We believe that each molecular vibration disturbs the ether; that spectra are thus begotten' each wavelength of light resulting from a molecular...

We believe that each molecular vibration disturbs the ether; that spectra are thus begotten' each wavelength of light resulting from a molecular...

We believe that each molecular vibration disturbs the ether; that spectra are thus begotten' each wavelength of light resulting from a molecular...

We believe that each molecular vibration disturbs the ether; that spectra are thus begotten' each wavelength of light resulting from a molecular...