# #Mon Aug 09 12:00:48 CEST 2010 Text__-36hkKOcEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_text=

In 1875, William Crookes constructs a rotor whose vanes are set in motion by light. He calls his light mill a radiometer and initially explains the effect as a consequence of the ether waves of light, but soon recognizes that gas in the bulb plays a role as well. Even in Einstein\u2019s time, this role still has not been explained completely.

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