| 单词 | n-rays |
| 释义 | > as lemmasN-rays N-rays n. (originally †n-rays) [ < from the initial letter of the name of the University of Nancy] Physics (now historical) a form of radiation supposedly discovered in 1903 by R. Blondlot of the University of Nancy, but later found to be spurious. N¹-rays (originally n₁-rays) were another supposed form of radiation that were said to have the opposite effect to N-rays. ΚΠ 1903 Nature 4 June 119/2 The name n-rays is suggested for these radiations. 1903 Nature 15 Oct. 578/1 Several papers on the so-called N rays discovered by M. Blondlot are printed in the Journal de Physique for August. 1904 Nature 10 Mar. 455/2 The n1-rays, described in the previous note, have exactly the opposite effect. 1906 Nature 1 Mar. 413/1 It would be interesting to know whether anyone has obtained success in repeating the latest experiment designed to show the objective reality of the n-rays. 1925 A. Huxley Let. 25 Jan. (1969) 241 You remember the unanimously favourable verdict in favour of N rays? 1941 W. Seabrook Doctor Wood xvii. 234 According to Blondlot, the rays were given off spontaneously by many metals. A piece of paper, very feebly illuminated, could be used as a detector, for..when the N rays fell upon the eye they increased its ability to see objects in a nearly dark room. 1973 Nature 12 Oct. 344/2 The ‘anomalous’ water belongs to the category exemplified by the N rays of Blondlot. 1994 New Scientist 2 Apr. 38 This is not the first time that what Huizenga calls ‘pathological science’ has appeared in the scientific community, and he quotes other instances, such as the ‘N-ray’ phenomenon in the first decade of this century. < as lemmas |
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