Newton, was developing another theory which is now known as the undulatory or wave theory. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
Then, again, in the undulatory theory of light, the density of the. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
The undulatory theory of light also assumes the existence of a medium. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
The dancer's movements were alternately sinuous, undulatory and gliding. From Wordnik.com. [The Redemption of David Corson] Reference
Light waves appear as undulatory electromagnetic field processes in space. From Wordnik.com. [Out Of My Later Years]
Their flight is undulatory, for the weight of the head and bill appears too great for the body. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
Is it a vibratory motion as Davy suggested, or is it similar to the undulatory wave motion of light?. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
The essential difference is indicated by that of their respective orgasms, the female undulatory, the male catastrophic. From Wordnik.com. [In Her Wake] Reference
The former, indeed, is a particular kind of sensation, but the latter is merely a vibrative or undulatory motion the air. From Wordnik.com. [Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous] Reference
Now, it seems to us that there is quite as much of hypothesis in this speculation of Laplace as in the undulatory theory of light. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
Now the question suggests itself to our mind, as to what effect the atomicity of the Aether has upon the undulatory theory of light. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
Here, however, they are explained with clearness and elegance, and their bearing on the undulatory theory of light is distinctly shown. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864] Reference
Its flight also, instead of being direct and rapid, like the course of an arrow, is weak and undulatory, as among the soft-billed birds. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
The twins made mental note that he was smooth-faced and rather handsome, and smooth and undulatory in his movements -- graceful, in fact. From Wordnik.com. [Pudd'nhead Wilson] Reference
For instance, as has been pointed out in Art. 47, in order for the undulatory theory to have any existence at all, it is essential that the. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
Aether, so essential to the undulatory theory, is a problem that cannot be solved apart from recognizing the hypothesis of an atomic Aether. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
A wild, weird chant that rolled and swelled in great undulatory waves of melody down the long lines of warriors, was borne to them on the breeze. From Wordnik.com. [When Dreams Come True] Reference
Huygens originated the theory by which it is believed that light is produced by the undulatory vibration of the ether; he also discovered polarization. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Suddenly a small white hand swept the horizon with a swift, undulatory motion that reminded Darrell of the flight of some white-winged bird, and Kate cried. From Wordnik.com. [At the Time Appointed] Reference
And when she walks, she minds me of my grandsire's leopardess, which once did stride from shadow to shadow in the palace with that undulatory, unearthly grace. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
As the undulatory theory was able to give a satisfactory explanation of the phenomenon, the corpuscular theory was rejected, and the undulatory theory was accepted. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
His movements were slow, undulatory, and majestic: so circumspect was he about where he set his feet down that he always seemed to be walking among glass and china. From Wordnik.com. [Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others] Reference
According to one concept, which was supported especially by German physicists, cathode rays consisted as do normal rays of light, of undulatory motion in the ether. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Physics 1905 - Presentation Speech] Reference
Young, who discovered the undulatory theory of light, could read with wonderful rapidity at the age of two, whilst at eight he had a thorough knowledge of six languages. From Wordnik.com. [Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution] Reference
As mathematicians, you are aware that the undulatory theory of light and heat and sound are now accepted by scientific men as the only sure basis of accurate calculation. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
It was not, however, till the advent of Thomas Young, that the undulatory or wave theory reached its perfection, and finally overthrew its competitor the corpuscular theory. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
So that when one speaks ordinarily of a wave or undulatory motion, one immediately thinks of something heaving up and down, or even perhaps of something breaking on the shore. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881] Reference
It may also be remarked, that every test applied to the phenomenon of light, adds additional strength to the undulatory theory, at the expense of the Newtonian theory of emission. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
The undulatory motion continued during a whole hour. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
History, as the undulatory theory was of the phenomena of light. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1] Reference
There is something in the sound of the word that suggests that easy, dignified, undulatory movement. From Wordnik.com. [Winter Sunshine] Reference
Motion, he says, though it seems to be continuous and steady, is in fact pulsating, undulatory, rhythmic. From Wordnik.com. [Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion] Reference
This noise preceded a perpendicular motion of three or four seconds, followed by an undulatory movement somewhat longer. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
It flew off much after the manner of the Summer Shrike, with flight not truly undulatory nor yet straight, but flapping half. From Wordnik.com. [The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake] Reference
That lecture marks an epoch in physical science; for it brought forward for the first time convincing proof of the correctness of the undulatory theory of light. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three)] Reference
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