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Discovery of X-rays : hypotheses regarding them,
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Further researches of J.J. Thomson on cathode rays: the ratio m/e,
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Vitreous and resinous electricity,
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Determination of the ionic charge by J. J. Thomson,
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Becquerel's radiation: discovery of radio-active substances,
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CHAPTER XII.
The Theory of Aether and Electrons in the Closing Years of the Nineteenth Century.
Stokes' theory of aethereal motion near moving bodies,
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Astronomical phenomena in which the velocity of light is involved,
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Crucial experiments relating to the optics of moving bodies,
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Lorentz' theory of electrons,
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The current of dielectric convection: Röntgon's experiment,
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The electronic theory of dispersion,
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Deduction of Fresnel's formula fron the theory of electrons,
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Experimental verification of Lorentz' hypothesis,
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FitzGerald's explanation of Michelson's experiment,
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Lorentz treatise of 1895,
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Expression of the potentials in terms of the electronic charges,
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Further experiments on the relative motion of earth and aether,
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Extension of Lorentz transformation : Larmor discovers its connexion with FitzGerald's hypothesis of contraction,
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Examination of the supposed primacy of the original variables: fixity relative to the aether: the principle of relativity,
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The phenomenon of Zeeman,
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Connexion of Zeeman's effect with the magnetic rotation of light
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The optical properties of metals,
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The electronic theory of metals,
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Thermionics,
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Index,
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