medium which transmits electrical and radiant effects must either completely accompany matter in bulk in its movements or else be entirely independent of such movements." - Meaning and context.">
(19 February 1903), Review of Electric Waves by H. M. Macdonald, 67 no: 1738, pages: 361–364 (p. 363)
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The evidence is closing in more and more rigorously that the medium which transmits electrical and radiant effects must either completely accompany matter in bulk in its movements or else be entirely independent of such movements.

— Joseph Larmor

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The evidence is closing in more and more rigorously that the medium which transmits electrical and radiant effects must either completely accompany matter in bulk in its movements or else be entirely independent of such movements." in the context of "(19 February 1903), Review of Electric Waves by H. M. Macdonald, 67 no: 1738, pages: 361–364 (p. 363)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Joseph Larmor

About Joseph Larmor

Sir Joseph Larmor FRS (11 July 1857 – 19 May 1942) was an Irish physicist and mathematician, known for Larmor precession and other contributions to electromagnetism, classical mechanics, and thermodynamics.