Heinrich Hertz
First to prove existence of electromagnetic waves
Quotes by Heinrich Hertz
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
I do not think that the wireless telegraphy will ever be of any use to humanity.
The most important result of my work is that it proves the existence of electromagnetic waves.
It is impossible to avoid the conclusion that these waves are identical with light waves in their essential properties.
I have not found the slightest trace of any action which could be ascribed to a direct influence of the electric current on the ether.
The question whether electric and magnetic forces are actions at a distance or are propagated through an intervening medium is one of the most fundamental problems of physics.
The experiments described in the following pages were undertaken with the object of testing the fundamental assumptions of Maxwell's theory.
We have thus before us a new kind of wave motion, which is propagated through space with the velocity of light.
The most striking result of our experiments is the complete agreement of the observed phenomena with the predictions of Maxwell's theory.
The ether is not a substance, but a property of space.
I am not concerned with the practical applications of my discoveries. I am only interested in the fundamental laws of nature.
The question of the nature of electricity is still an open one.
The phenomena of electric discharge are still very imperfectly understood.
The velocity of propagation of electric induction is finite.
We must assume that the electric and magnetic forces are propagated in time, and not instantaneously.
The experiments show that the electric and magnetic forces are not independent of each other, but are intimately connected.
The existence of electromagnetic waves is now an experimentally established fact.