Chapter 1

 

1.  A. Einstein, Ann. Phys. (1905) 17, 891; English translation in The Principle of Relativity; Zur Electrodynamik Bewegter Korper, Dover Publication Inc., New York, 1958. Paperback.

2.  F. E. Neumann, Die Principien de Galilie–Newton’schen Theorie, Leipzig, Teubner 1870.

3.  A. A. Michelson and E. W. Morley, The Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether, Am. J. Sci. (1887) 34, 333; Phil. Mag. (1887) 24, 449.

4.  D. C. Miller, “Ether-drift experiments and the determination of the absolute motion of Earth”, Revs. Mod. Phys. (1933) 5, 203–242; Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (1925) 9, 306.

5.  J. L. Synge, Effect of Acceleration in the Michelson–Morley Experiment, Sci. Proc. Roy. Dub. Soc. (1952) 26, 45.

6.  R. W. Ditchburn and ...

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