  In 1903 and 1904, E.T. Whittaker produced a pair of papers that, although
sometimes considered mere mathematical statements (Barrett 1993), held
important implications if viewed as physical realities. His 1903 paper united
electrostatic and gravitational attraction as both resulting from longitudinal
waves in the medium. His 1904 paper specifically dealt with electromagnetic
waves as resulting from the interference of two such longitudinal waves as
scalar potential functions. These papers, if representative of physical
reality, may have important implications: gravitational lensing, gravitational
waves, the Aharonov-Bohm effect, the existence of a hyperspace above or behind
normal space, and the elimination of gravitational and point charge
singularities.
