Atoms, Molecules and Ether Waves [in] Longman’s Magazine. Volume 1, November 1882
TYNDALL, John
FIRST PUBLICATION OF TYNDALL'S SEMINAL ESSAY
Published: Longman's Magazine, 1882
Stock code: 51810
Price: £95.00
12pp., 8vo., First Edition; modern grey boards, upper board with printed paper label, a near fine copy.
First publication of Tyndall's essay. Here he describes the bulding blocks of matter, introduces the concept of luminiferous ether, and promotes the principal of ether waves creating the perception of light. The essay was collected in 'New Fragments' (1892).