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Motion of Earth in the luminiferous aether

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Motion of Earth in the luminiferous aether

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Heading: (Physics)
Author:
Title: Two author's offprints of papers by noted scientists on the Morley-Michelson Experiment
Place Published: Leipzig
Publisher:Johann Ambrosius Barth
Date Published: 1909 & 1910
Description: Includes:
Kohl, Emil. über dan Michelsonschen Versuch. Pp. 259-307 pp. + loose leaf laid in apparently as issued. Separat-Abdruck aus den Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 28. 1909.
Laue, Max von. Ist der Michelsonversuch beweisend? Pp. 186-191. Separat-Abdruck aus den Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 33. 1910. OCLC locates one copy, at Bibliotheque Nationale de France.
Original printed wrappers.The Michelson-Morley experiment was an attempt to measure the motion of the Earth relative to the luminiferous aether, a supposed medium permeating space that was thought to be the carrier of light waves. The experiment was performed in 1887 by American physicists Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley at what is now Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Some wear and chipping to wrappers, the front one on the first item detached; internally both very good.

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Motion of Earth in the luminiferous aether

Name: Motion of Earth in the luminiferous aether
SKU: 173623128
Price: 400 USD
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