Nineteenth-century Aether Theories

aberration aberration of light æther aether theories aethereal displacement angle axes axis bodies coefficient considered coordinates corresponding density dielectric direction distance dx dy dz dy dx dynamical dz dx earth elastic solid electric force electromagnetic theory electrons element of volume energy equal exact differential experiment Fitzgerald free aether Fresnel function G frame Green gyrostatic H. A. Lorentz homogeneous function hypothesis incidence integral ions Kelvin Larmor longitudinal wave Lord Kelvin Lorentz luminiferous ether magnetic force Maxwell Maxwell's theory mechanical medium Michelson molecules moving system observed optical orbit parallel particles phenomena plane polarization principle propagation quantities Quaternion reflexion refracted waves rest result rotation second order Stokes suppose surface of junction tetrahedron theory of light tion translation transverse wave tubes vector velocity of light vibrations wave theory δυ δω ду дх