Light Source Quotes by Pieter Zeeman

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• Moreover, photography has made it possible to fix these images and now provides us with a permanent record of each observed spectrum,…
• On the basis of Lorentz's theory, if we limit ourselves to a single spectral line, it suffices to assume that each atom…
• Nature gives us all, including Prof. Lorentz, surprises. It was very quickly found that there are many exceptions to the rule of…
• The rotation of the polarization plane is extraordinarily small in all gases, thus also in sodium vapour.
• It was not simply out of a spirit of contradiction that I exposed a light source to magnetic forces. The idea came…
• I count myself fortunate to be able to contribute to this work; and the great interest which the Royal Swedish Academy of…
• According to well-known electrodynamic laws, an electron moving in a magnetic field is acted upon by a force which runs perpendicular to…
• The magnetic cleavage of the spectral lines is dependent on the size of the charge of the electron, or, more accurately, on…

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