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Post  jmorris Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:04 am

When Huygen first suggested his wave theory of light it was rejected in favour of Newton's corpuscular theory because:

  • Newton was a more eminent scientist.

  • It was not possible to measure the speed of light and determine whether it was faster or slower in a more optically dense medium

  • Wave theory was considered in terms of longitudinal waves so polarisation could not be explained


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