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  • ...fields of pure and applied mathematics such as: [[celestial mechanics]], [[fluid mechanics]], [[optics]], electricity, [[telegraphy]], [[capillarity]], [[El ...ing at different speeds relative to absolute space (or the "[[luminiferous aether]]"), could be synchronised. At the same time Dutch theorist [[Hendrik Loren
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  • ...he problem, proving that a regular solid ring could not be stable, while a fluid ring would be forced by wave action to break up into blobs. Since neither w ...ess Einstein dispensed with the requirement of a stationary [[luminiferous aether]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Extras/Einstein_e
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  • ...tion of the [[speed of sound]], and introduced the notion of a [[Newtonian fluid]]. In addition to his work on calculus, as a mathematician Newton contribu ...of 1675, Newton [[wikt:posit|posited]] the existence of the [[luminiferous aether|ether]] to transmit forces between particles. The contact with the [[theoso
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