Talk:Lorentz–Lorenz equation

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Lorenz in German is pronounced the same as Lorentz in Dutch... -- Myria 06:50, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

If LorenTz "derived the formula independently in 1870", he was obviously a bright lad! (As the linked Wikipedia article shows) he was only born in 1853.

Lorenz and his work are often confused with that of the more famous H A Lorentz. In this case, it *might* be a doubled attribution of a single derivation. Note the closeness of dates, 1869 and 1870. An alternative suggestion is that Lorenz (the older man, without a 't') first *publicized* the formula in 1869 (e.g. at a physics conference), and had it published the following year (e.g. in a journal). Further research could yeasay or naysay this.

(The article may be derived from from "The Hutchinson Encyclopedia; September 22, 2003; 191 Words ... the mathematical relationship between the refractive index and the density of a medium was published by Lorenz in 1869 and by Hendrick Lorentz (who discovered it independently) in 1870 and is therefore called the Lorentz-Lorenz formula . Using his electromagnetic ...") 212.219.231.1 11:36, 20 December 2005 (UTC)