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On a Mechanism for the Constitution of Ether

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

William Thomson
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In a communication to the Royal Society of Edinburgh of 4th March 1889, I stated the problem of constructing a jointed model under gyrostatic domination, to fulfil the condition of having no rigidity against irrotational deformations, and of resisting rotation, or rotational deformation, with quasi-elastic forcive in simple proportion to rotation. I gave a solution, illustrated by a model, for the case of points all in one plane; but I did not then see any very simple three-dimensional solution. After many unavailing efforts I have recently found the following.

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Proceedings 1889-90
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 17 , 1891 , pp. 127 - 132
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1891

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note * page 128 See “Molecular Constitution of Matter,” §§ 45 (a). . (j), Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. for July 1889, to be republished as Art. XCVII. of Vol. III. of my Papers.Google Scholar

note † page 128 Ibid., § 13.

note * page 130 Comptes Rendus, 16th September 1889; Art. C. of Papers, Vol.Google Scholar

note * page 132 Philosophical Magazine, Nov. 1888, “On the Reflection and Refraction of Light,” by Sir Thomson, W..Google Scholar