Baltimore Lectures on Molecular Dynamics and the Wave Theory of Light

By: William Thomson, Baron Kelvin

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The mathematical physicist and engineer William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824 1904) is best known for devising the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature and for his work on the first and second laws of thermodynamics. The lectures in this collection demonstrate an attempt by Baron Kelvin to formulate a physical model for the existence of ether. This concept of a medium for light propagation became prominent in the late nineteenth century, arising from the combination of Maxwell's equations stating that light is an electromagnetic wave with the demands of Newtonian physics that light must move in a unique reference frame. First published in 1904, Kelvin's lectures describe the difficulties inherent in this model. These problems with the concept of ether are credited for inspiring Einstein to devise the theory of special relativity and the photoelectric effect, both of which are central to modern physics."

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Preface
Introductory
Dynamics of elastic solid
Dynamics of elastc solid
Equations of motion of elastic solid
Vibrations of air around a tuning fork
Ratio of rigidity to compressibility
Vibrations of serial molecule
Solutions for distortional waves
Contrary vibrators in one line
Energy of waves
'Anisotropy' rejected
Three sets of plane waves with fronts parallel to one plane
Prof. Morley's numercial solution for vibrator of seven periods
Rowland's model vibrator
Model vibrator
Mechanical value of sunlight and possible density of ether
Molecular dimensions
Reflections of light
Reconciliation between Fresnel and Green
Chiral rotation of the plane of polarization
Appendixes A-L
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