Joseph Lovering

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“Maxwell cut the {{w|Gordian knot}} when he selected the luminiferous æther itself as the arena on which to marshal the electromagnetic forces under the symbols of his mathematics and made light a variety of electromagnetic action. ... Clear physical views must precede the application of mathematics to any subject. Maxwell and Thomson are liberal in their acknowledgments to Faraday.”

“Foucault’s {{w|Léon Foucault#Middle years|recent experiment on the velocity of light}}, though of a less popular character than his {{w|Foucault pendulum|celebrated pendulum experiment}} to prove the {{w|earth's rotation}}, will, nevertheless, attract even more attention among men of science. If its results are placed beyond doubt, they will affect astronomy to a degree not possible for the pendulum experiment, unless it had come as early as the time of Galileo.”