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A Maxwell-egyenletek. Az éter létezésének kérdése. I.
MAXWELL FARADAY
THOMSON
“The difficulty of imagining a definite uniform limit of divisibility of matter will
always be a philosophical obstacle to an atomic theory, so long as atoms are regarded
discrete particles moving in empty space. But as soon as we take the next step in
physical development, that of ceasing to regard space as mere empty geometrical
continuity, the atomic constitution of matter ( each ultimate atom consisting of
parts which are incapable of separate existence, as Lucretius held ) is raised to a
natural and necessary consequence of the new stanpoint. We may even reverse the
argument, and derive from the ascertained atomic constitution of matter a
philosophical necessity for the assumption of a plenum, in which the ultimate atoms
exist as the nuclei which determine its strains and motions.”
[ Larmor : Aether and Matter. (1900) ]