Ultraviolet quickly than violet light itself. He called them "oxidizing rays" to emphasize chemical reactivity and to distinguish them from "heat rays", discovered the previous year at the other end of the visible spectrum. The simpler term "chemical rays" was adopted shortly thereafter, and it remained popular throughout the 19th century, although there were those who held that these were an entirely different sort of radiation from light (notably John William Draper, who named them "tithonic rays"). The terms chemical rays and heat rays were eventually dropped in favor of ultraviolet and infrared radiation, respectively. In 1878 the sterilizing effect of
Ultraviolet (Light My Way) school when it came out and we'd drive around in my friend's mom's car and rock that shit all the time. When we were asked to record a cover, 'Ultraviolet' was a unanimous choice. It's reassuring to know that we're still on the same page after all these years. We brought it back to its bare bones, dumbed it down a little, took it back to the rock song underneath." The beginning of the song was also sampled by Enigma in their 1994 song "The Eyes of Truth". Footnotes Bibliography Ultraviolet (Light My Way) "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" is a