Reprinted in
P. N. Lebedev, Izbrannye Sochineniya, red. A. K. Timiryazev, (1949) 151.
Summary
1. The incident beam of the light produces a pressure on the absorptive surfaces as well as on the reflective ones; These ponderomotorical forces are not connected with the convective and radiometrical forces which are due to the heating. 2. The pressure of the light is proportional to the energy of the incident beam and is independent on the colour of the light. 3. The direct measurements give the value for the pressure of the light which equal to (within accuracy of the experiment)
value predicted by Maxwell and Bartoli. .
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Record comments
First experimental evidence for pressure of the light on the solid bodies.