sir.Newton said 'light travels with great velocity in denser medium'why?

Subject: sir.Newton said 'light travels with great velocity in denser medium'why?

Date: Wed Mar 30 07:13:41 2005
Posted by SAJITH
Grade level: 10-12 School: setupati
City: madurai State/Province: tamilnadu Country: india
Area of science: Science History
ID: 1112188421.Sh

Message:


in corpuscular theory I found that sir.ISSACK NEWTON have made a wrong
suggestion that ligt travels in great velocity in denser madium than in rarer
medium.so I want to know on what basis he would have suggested it.

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