“The oldest and best known function for an ether is the conveyance of light, and hence the name "luminiferous" was applied to it, though at the present day many functions are known, and more will almost certainly be discovered.”

The Ether of Space https://books.google.com/books?id=ycgEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1, p. 1 <br class="br">The Ether of Space (1909)

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British physicist 1851–1940

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