What I’d like to know: what did people think Light was before Maxwell showed that it was electromagnetic waves?
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Yes- i meant immediately, before as Emanuel asked. See the rest of the thread. The fight between Huyghens and Newton was v. interesting
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Particularly interesting, I think, is that the beginnings of a modern reconciliation of the ancient conflict between Huyghens and Newton emerged from the brilliantly original work of Hamilton on optics, which was essentially complete at the time of Maxwell's birth.
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