Timeline for How did Newton explain his interference rings without wave optics?
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| May 19, 2017 at 7:16 | history | edited | Conifold | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 19, 2017 at 4:43 | answer | added | Conifold | timeline score: 11 | |
| May 19, 2017 at 3:53 | comment | added | user466 | He thought the wave theory predicted that the interference pattern would be bright in the middle, so that when it was observed to be dark in the middle, that falsified the wave theory. He was mistaken because he didn't understand that a reflected wave could be inverted. | |
| May 18, 2017 at 15:42 | comment | added | Mauro ALLEGRANZA | He considered the "interaction" of light particles with a vibrating aether. See e.g.Robert Iliffe & George Smith (editors), The Cambridge Companion to Newton (2nd ed), page 289-on. | |
| May 18, 2017 at 13:45 | history | asked | J.Bates | CC BY-SA 3.0 |