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Swenson, Loyd S.. "Preface". The Ethereal Aether: A History of the Michelson-Morley-Miller Aether-drift Experiments, 1880-1930, New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 1972, pp. xi-xviii. https://doi.org/10.7560/720008-002

Swenson, L. (1972). Preface. In The Ethereal Aether: A History of the Michelson-Morley-Miller Aether-drift Experiments, 1880-1930 (pp. xi-xviii). New York, USA: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/720008-002

Swenson, L. 1972. Preface. The Ethereal Aether: A History of the Michelson-Morley-Miller Aether-drift Experiments, 1880-1930. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, pp. xi-xviii. https://doi.org/10.7560/720008-002

Swenson, Loyd S.. "Preface" In The Ethereal Aether: A History of the Michelson-Morley-Miller Aether-drift Experiments, 1880-1930, xi-xviii. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 1972. https://doi.org/10.7560/720008-002

Swenson L. Preface. In: The Ethereal Aether: A History of the Michelson-Morley-Miller Aether-drift Experiments, 1880-1930. New York, USA: University of Texas Press; 1972. p.xi-xviii. https://doi.org/10.7560/720008-002

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
ILLUSTRATIONS ix
Preface xi
Foreword xix
1. Perspectives on the Aether 1
2. Dramatis Personae of Aether Drift 32
3. Michelson and Interferometry, 1880-1883 54
4. The Classic Experiments, 1884-1890 74
5. Contradictions and Contractions, 1890-1900 98
6. Transformations of the Aether, circa 1900 121
7. Morley-Miller Experiments, 1900-1905 141
8. The Rise of Relativity, 1905-1910 155
9. The Fall of the Aether, 1910-1920 171
10. Miller Challenges Michelson, 1920-1925 190
11. Michelson Reaffirms the Null, 1925-1930 213
12. Aether Experiments and Physical Theory 228
Appendix A: "The Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether'' 247
Appendix B: ' Influence of Motion of the Medium on the Velocity of Light," 259
Appendix C: "On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether," 271
Note on Sources 287
Bibliography 295
Index 353

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
ILLUSTRATIONS ix
Preface xi
Foreword xix
1. Perspectives on the Aether 1
2. Dramatis Personae of Aether Drift 32
3. Michelson and Interferometry, 1880-1883 54
4. The Classic Experiments, 1884-1890 74
5. Contradictions and Contractions, 1890-1900 98
6. Transformations of the Aether, circa 1900 121
7. Morley-Miller Experiments, 1900-1905 141
8. The Rise of Relativity, 1905-1910 155
9. The Fall of the Aether, 1910-1920 171
10. Miller Challenges Michelson, 1920-1925 190
11. Michelson Reaffirms the Null, 1925-1930 213
12. Aether Experiments and Physical Theory 228
Appendix A: "The Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether'' 247
Appendix B: ' Influence of Motion of the Medium on the Velocity of Light," 259
Appendix C: "On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether," 271
Note on Sources 287
Bibliography 295
Index 353

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