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• Aether theories — See also the disambiguation page for Aether. Alchemy, natural philosophy, and early modern physics proposed the existence of a medium of the æther (also spelled ether , from the Greek word (Polytonic|αἰθήρ) aether , meaning upper air or pure,… …   Wikipedia

• Aether drag hypothesis — In the 19th century, the theory of the luminiferous aether as the hypothetical medium for the propagation of light, was widely discussed. An important part of this discussion was the question concerning the state of motion of Earth with respect… …   Wikipedia

• Gravitation — hält die Planeten auf ihren Bahnen um die Sonne (nicht maßstabsgetreu) Die Gravitation (von lateinisch gravitas, Schwere), ist eine der vier Grundkräfte der Physik. Sie bewirkt die gegenseitige Anziehung von Massen. Gravitation besitzt… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Le Sage's theory of gravitation — is the most common name for the kinetic theory of gravity originally proposed by Nicolas Fatio de Duillier in 1690 and later by Georges Louis Le Sage in 1748. The theory proposed a mechanical explanation for Newton s gravitational force in terms… …   Wikipedia

• Absolute time and space — See also: Absolute rotation, Bucket argument, Rotating spheres, and Inertial frame of reference Originally introduced by Sir Isaac Newton in the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, the concepts of absolute time and space provided a… …   Wikipedia

• Luminiferous aether — The luminiferous aether: it was hypothesised that the Earth moves through a medium of aether that carries light In the late 19th century, luminiferous aether or ether, meaning light bearing aether, was the term used to describe a medium for the… …   Wikipedia