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Now, as the velocity is assumed to be the same in both cases, the ratio between the distance (already so tremendous) of Bessel's 61 Cygni_, and that of Lord Rosse's farthest frontier, is as forty- one thousand to two hundred and fifty millions.— Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers
Two observations stand before us representing empirically established facts: one, that in so far as a finite velocity has been measured or calculated from other observations, nothing is known about the existence or magnitude of such a velocity except within the boundaries of the dynamic realm constituted by the earth's presence in the universe; the other, that this velocity is a 'group'-velocity, that is, the velocity of the front of a light-beam in process of establishment.— Man or Matter
Under the foregone conclusion that light itself has a definite velocity, and that this velocity is the same throughout the universe,— Man or Matter
Now, as the velocity is assumed to be the same in both cases, the ratio between the distance (already so tremendous) of Bessel's 61— Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers
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