W. G. Hooper. Aether and Gravitation. London: Chapman and Hall, 1903.
(235 x 150 mm) pp. xiii, 358, [2]. Bound in green publishers cloth with title and author in gilt. Deckled edges from rough cutting of pages. Front hinge splitting. Edgeworn and bumped. Some mid-century blue pencil underlining.
Overall FAIR to GOOD condition.
Aether and Gravitation (1903) is a speculative scientific treatise by William George Hooper proposing that gravitation and other physical forces operate through a universal aether permeating space. Rejecting the Newtonian notion of action at a distance, Hooper argues that this subtle medium underlies phenomena such as heat, light, electricity, and planetary motion, offering a unified mechanical explanation for both terrestrial physics and cosmic structure. Though superseded by modern physics, the work illustrates early twentieth-century efforts to reconcile classical mechanics with emerging theories of matter and energy.