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> [Now if this electron is displaced from its equilibrium position, a force that is directly proportional to the displacement restores it like a pendulum to its position of rest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pieter-zeeman/now-if-this-electron-is-displaced-from-its-equilibrium-position-a/)

[Pieter Zeeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pieter-zeeman/)

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## More by Pieter Zeeman

> [The magnetic cleavage of the spectral lines is dependent on the size of the charge of the electron, or, more accurately, on the ratio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pieter-zeeman/the-magnetic-cleavage-of-the-spectral-lines-is-dependent-on-the-size/)

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> [The rotation of the polarization plane is extraordinarily small in all gases, thus also in sodium vapour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pieter-zeeman/the-rotation-of-the-polarization-plane-is-extraordinarily-small-in/)

[Pieter Zeeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pieter-zeeman/)

> [According to well-known electrodynamic laws, an electron moving in a magnetic field is acted upon by a force which runs perpendicular to the direction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pieter-zeeman/according-to-well-known-electrodynamic-laws-an-electron-moving-in-a/)

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> [I should point out, however, that at first some difficulty was experienced in observing the phenomena predicted by the theory, owing to the extreme…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pieter-zeeman/i-should-point-out-however-that-at-first-some-difficulty-was/)

[Pieter Zeeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pieter-zeeman/)

> [Moreover, photography has made it possible to fix these images and now provides us with a permanent record of each observed spectrum, which can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pieter-zeeman/moreover-photography-has-made-it-possible-to-fix-these-images-and-now/)

[Pieter Zeeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pieter-zeeman/)

> [It was not simply out of a spirit of contradiction that I exposed a light source to magnetic forces. The idea came to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pieter-zeeman/it-was-not-simply-out-of-a-spirit-of-contradiction-that-i-exposed-a/)

[Pieter Zeeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pieter-zeeman/)

> [In the absence of a magnetic field the period of all these oscillations is the same. But as soon as the electron is exposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pieter-zeeman/in-the-absence-of-a-magnetic-field-the-period-of-all-these/)

[Pieter Zeeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pieter-zeeman/)

> [We studied the light source in the direction of the magnetic force, we perforated the poles of the magnet; but even in the direction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pieter-zeeman/we-studied-the-light-source-in-the-direction-of-the-magnetic-force-we/)

[Pieter Zeeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pieter-zeeman/)

> [Nature gives us all, including Prof. Lorentz, surprises. It was very quickly found that there are many exceptions to the rule of splitting of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pieter-zeeman/nature-gives-us-all-including-prof-lorentz-surprises-it-was-very/)

[Pieter Zeeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pieter-zeeman/)

> [I count myself fortunate to be able to contribute to this work; and the great interest which the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pieter-zeeman/i-count-myself-fortunate-to-be-able-to-contribute-to-this-work-and/)

[Pieter Zeeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pieter-zeeman/)

> [Now all oscillatory movements of such an electron can be conceived of as being split up into force, and two circular oscillations perpendicular to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pieter-zeeman/now-all-oscillatory-movements-of-such-an-electron-can-be-conceived-of/)

[Pieter Zeeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pieter-zeeman/)

> [Now if this electron is displaced from its equilibrium position, a force that is directly proportional to the displacement restores it like a pendulum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pieter-zeeman/now-if-this-electron-is-displaced-from-its-equilibrium-position-a/)

[Pieter Zeeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pieter-zeeman/)

> [On the basis of Lorentz's theory, if we limit ourselves to a single spectral line, it suffices to assume that each atom (or molecule)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pieter-zeeman/on-the-basis-of-lorentz-s-theory-if-we-limit-ourselves-to-a-single/)

[Pieter Zeeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pieter-zeeman/)

> [Had we really succeeded therefore in altering the period of vibration, which Maxwell, as I have just noted, held to be impossible? Or was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pieter-zeeman/had-we-really-succeeded-therefore-in-altering-the-period-of-vibration/)

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