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It's All Proven (and Classical) ... During the 18th and 19th centuries, Newton's laws of motion had been scrutinized and confirmed by reliable tests. MY GRAVl1"A1"10N l...AW HM 13-i;:i;:N t.JGW 1"0 PRWIC.1" Me:MlJRW MOVe:Me:N-r G OF 1"He: Pl...ANe:1"G Wl1"H GRe:A-r AC.C.IJRAC.Y • • • J: PRWIC.1"W -rHi::: i:::x1G-re:Na OF INVIG113-L..i::: 11 1...IGH-r" WAVe:G IN MY e:L..i:::C.1"ROMAGNi:::1"1C. WAVe:-rHe:ORY OF !E>671 ANl? HEINRICH HERTZ (ff!:>f;-7-9~) l?i:::1"e:C.1"W 1"He: GIGNAl...G IN f~ IN HIG 13-e:RL-IN l...Al3-0RA1"0RY. NOW 1"He:Y 'Re: C.AL..L..W RAPIO WAVES. No wonder these classical physicists were confident in what they knew!
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"Fill in the Sixth Decimal Place" A classical physicist from Glasgow University, the influential Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), spoke of only two dark clouds on the Newtonian horizon. In June 1894, the American Nobel Laureate, Albert Michelson (1852-1931 ), thought he was paraphrasing Kelvin in a remark which he regretted for the rest of his life. AJ...J ... 'IHA'I R~MAI~ 1"0170 IN PHYGICG IG FIL-I.- IN 'IH~ GIX'IH l?~CIMAJ... Pt...Aa. (J::. CAN11" ~~t...IW~ I GAii? 'IHA'I f) 7

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It's All Proven (and Classical) ...

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Newton's laws of motion had been scrutinized and confirmed by reliable tests.

MY GRAVl1"A1"10N l...AW HM 13-i;:i;:N t.JGW 1"0 PRWIC.1" Me:MlJRW

MOVe:Me:N-r G OF 1"He: Pl...ANe:1"G Wl1"H GRe:A-r

AC.C.IJRAC.Y • • •

J: PRWIC.1"W -rHi::: i:::x1G-re:Na OF INVIG113-L..i::: 11 1...IGH-r" WAVe:G IN MY e:L..i:::C.1"ROMAGNi:::1"1C. WAVe:-rHe:ORY OF !E>671 ANl? HEINRICH HERTZ

(ff!:>f;-7-9~) l?i:::1"e:C.1"W 1"He: GIGNAl...G IN f~

IN HIG 13-e:RL-IN l...Al3-0RA1"0RY. NOW 1"He:Y 'Re: C.AL..L..W RAPIO WAVES.

No wonder these classical physicists were confident in what they knew!

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