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Light and electricity reveal future of motion and energy
An early forecasting piece explains light as ether vibrations and wave length, notes spectroscopic methods to gauge celestial motion, and predicts humans harnessing Earth’s electric power. It cites Arcturus motion, a coming era of wireless electricity, and the steam engine’s obsolescence as tapping nature’s exhaustive power becomes possible.
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D. W. Hering
University of the City of New York
Popular Science Monthly
Central
Africa
Hering
Earth
Arcturia
Tesla