In optics, the corpuscular theory of light states that light is made up of small discrete particles called "corpuscles" (little particles) which travel...

investigations of light, had rejected the wave theory of light and developed his corpuscular theory of light according to which light is emitted from...

known as corpuscularism (from Latin corpusculum 'little body' and -ism), is a set of theories that explain natural transformations as a result of the interaction...

Michelson–Morley experiment. Newton's corpuscular theory implied that light would travel faster in a denser medium, while the wave theory of Huygens and others implied...

of massive compact objects that even light cannot escape. At that time, the Newtonian theory of gravitation and the so-called corpuscular theory of light...

gravity, light and magnetism is composed of tiny corpuscles Corpuscular theory of light Emission theory of vision – the belief that vision is caused...

favor of Fresnel's wave theory of light, various concerns continued to appear to be addressed more satisfactorily by Newton's corpuscular theory. Arago...

physical objects are composed of corpuscles, which was dominant among 17th century European thinkers The corpuscular theory of light, developed by Isaac Newton...

effect in the context of Newton's corpuscular theory of light, by showing that the aberration angle was given by simple vector addition of the Earth's orbital...

using the corpuscular theory of light. His name is one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel tower. In 1810, Malus, while engaged on the theory of double...

theory of light, which he described in his Traité de la Lumière (1690). His theory of light was initially rejected in favour of Newton's corpuscular theory...

of an explanation in terms of a corpuscular theory of light in which light is made of particles. His classical explanation appeals to the motion of the...

transmitted through the rotatory motion of material corpuscles. These views extended to Isaac Newton's corpuscular theory of light, and would be adopted by John...

of the waves emanating from the two different slits, he deduced that light must propagate as waves. In 1818, supporters of the corpuscular theory of light...

astronomer Johann Georg von Soldner continued with Newton's corpuscular theory of light as late as 1804. Indirect radiation Dark stars and black holes...

expounded his corpuscular theory of light. He considered light to be made up of extremely subtle corpuscles, that ordinary matter was made of grosser corpuscles...

perpendicular to the magnetic vector (Fig. 1). Malus, as an adherent of the corpuscular theory of light, could only choose the ray direction. But Augustin-Jean Fresnel...

Newton published Opticks, in which he expounded his corpuscular theory of light, and included a set of queries at the end, which were posed as unanswered...

Newton's corpuscular theory of light, which was the prevailing theory of the time. His 1740s papers on optics helped ensure that the wave theory of light proposed...

understanding of the wave theory of light, vanquishing the corpuscular theory of light proposed by Isaac Newton, which had been the accepted model of light propagation...

first scientific explanation of the major features of the rainbow. Newton's corpuscular theory of light was unable to explain supernumerary rainbows, and...

as "driving the last nail in the coffin" of Newton's corpuscular theory of light when it showed that light travels more slowly through water than through...

expounded his corpuscular theory of light. He considered light to be made up of extremely subtle corpuscles, that ordinary matter was made of grosser corpuscles...

corresponding prediction of Newton's corpuscular theory. The speed of light was measured in still water. What would be the speed of light in flowing water? In...

phenomenon) he maintained his own corpuscular theory of light. After Newton, classical mechanics became a principal field of study in mathematics as well as...

principle of wavefront sources and demonstrates the refraction and diffraction of light rays. 1704 – Isaac Newton publishes Opticks, a corpuscular theory of light...

concept of duality arose to name these seeming contradictions. In the late 17th century, Sir Isaac Newton had advocated that light was corpuscular (particulate)...

of the corpuscular theory of light. The form that came to be accepted by most English scientists after Robert Boyle was an amalgam of the systems of Descartes...

Frankel (May 1976), "Corpuscular optics and the wave theory of light: The science and politics of a revolution in physics", Social Studies of Science, 6 (2):...

corpuscular theory that had been dominant before the rise of the wave theory and Arago's powerful demonstration. Before the advent of quantum theory in...