Physics: aether theory
1633 |
Descartes posits rigid aether to explain magnets and tides. |
1644 |
Descartes argues that body and space are identical and the notion of a vacuum incoherent. |
1644 |
Descartes introduces aether into space to explain the transmission of forces between spatially separate bodies. |
1690 |
Christian Huygens proposes a mechanical wave theory of light. |
❝1718 |
Newton posits an aether for light transmission. Isaac Newton. The Third Book of Opticks |