Chapter 74 of 2364 min read
Huygens' principle
Why this is asked: Huygens' wave theory correctly predicted that light slows down in a denser medium, v = c/n — the opposite of Newton's corpuscular prediction — a difference that later measurement of light's speed in water settled in the wave theory's favour.
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