Influence of Motion of the Medium on the Velocity of Light; in The American Journal of Science

by Albert Morley Michelson, Edward, and

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First edition

New Haven: The American Journal of Science, 1886. First Edition. 8vo 243 x 152mm , pp. viii, 488, plus 10 inserted plates at the back.The American Journal of Science, Vol. XXXI, January to June, the full semiannual volume, containing pages 377–386 the first experiments with Michelson’s own invented instruments, the continuation of which in 1887 , negated classical scientific theories on the existence of a

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