In my post, Two Productive Research Programs in the Early 19th Century, the first of a three-part series on the replacement of Continental science by the British in the 19th century, I stated that in the beginning of that century, there were two productive research programs: 1) the luminiferous ether, and 2) action-at-a-distance.
Fascinating, thanks! Even if you believe in "the fluid that fills all space", what math could you use along with that? Approximating the fluid with instant action seems accurate enough.
Fascinating, thanks! Even if you believe in "the fluid that fills all space", what math could you use along with that? Approximating the fluid with instant action seems accurate enough.
I remember seeing such equations in a paper written by Maurice Allais.