Open AccessIV. On harmonic ratios in the spectra of gases
Author(s) -
Arthur Schuster
Publication year - 1881
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9126
pISSN - 0370-1662
DOI - 10.1098/rspl.1880.0046
Subject(s) - vibration , harmonic , simple (philosophy) , spectral line , cover (algebra) , simple harmonic motion , molecule , physics , acoustics , engineering , quantum mechanics , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology
It would be a matter of the greatest importance if we could discover an empirical law connecting together the different periods of vibration in which we know one and the same molecule to be capable of swinging. According to the most simple supposition the vibrations might be harmonical overtones of one fundamental note.
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