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THE issue of parts 5, 6 and 7 completes the above volume in this series on classical physics ; it is to be followed by one dealing with relativity physics. The present parts cover pre-Fresnel optics, the general theory of wave motion, the electromagnetic theory of Maxwell and the electronic theory of Lorentz, the influence of movement of the source or of the medium on the propagation of light, the drag of the medium, the experiments to test the theories, including those of Michelson, the origin of the idea of action at a distance, material points and their relations, physical time and simultaneity, relativity in physics. The volume concludes with a bibliography of ten pages.
Systèmes de référence et mouvements (physique classique)
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Par. 5: L'Optique des corps au repos. Pp. 365–484. 18 francs. 6: L'Optique des corps en mouvement. Pp. 485–614. 20 francs. 7: L'Esprit de la science classique. Pp. 615–688. 12 francs. (Actualités scientifiques et industrielles, 483–485.) (Paris: Hermann et Cie., 1937.)
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Systèmes de référence et mouvements (physique classique). Nature 140, 994 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140994d0
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