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Conceptions of ether : studies in the history of ether theories, 1740-1900

@inproceedings{Cantor1981ConceptionsOE,
  title={Conceptions of ether : studies in the history of ether theories, 1740-1900},
  author={Geoffrey Cantor and M. J. S. Hodge},
  year={1981}
}
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