“If diffraction or interference phenomena were to be sought it was therefore necessary, in accordance with the basic principles of wave theory, to select for the test arrangement far smaller decisive dimensions than those employed in corresponding tests with visible light.”
“Minimum sales prices for alcohol are a startlingly bad idea. As with excise duties, the effects are regressive.”
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