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The main drawback of huygen's theory was...

The main drawback of huygen's theory was-

A

Failure in explaination of rectilinear propagation of light

B

failure of explain the spectrum of white light

C

failure to explain the formation of newton's rings

D

A failure of experimental varification of ether medium

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