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REFERRING to Prof. Simon Newcomb's letter in your issue of November 30 last (p. 100), suggesting a nomenclature for radiant energy—if no one else has already pointed it out, I would suggest that the word irradiate might be used in place of illuminate. It would be just as expressive, and would have the advantage of consistency; and its use would leave the word “illuminate” to its proper sphere.
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PEARSON, A. The Nomenclature of Radiant Energy. Nature 49, 389 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/049389a0
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