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INDEX

Quasi-Euclidean universe, 136

Quasi-spherical universe, 136


Radiation, 55

Radioactive substances, 59

Reference-body, 5, 7, 8–11, 22, 28, 31, 32, 44, 70

——— rotating, 94

——— mollusk, 118-120

Relative position, 3

——— velocity, 141

Rest, 17

Riemann, 102, 128, 132

Rotation, 95, 147


Schwarzschild, 158

Seconds-clock, 44

Seeliger, 125, 127

Simultaneity, 26, 29-32, 96

——— relativity of, 31

Size-relations, 107

Solar eclipse, 89, 153, 155

Space, 9, 62, 65, 125

——— conception of, 24

Space co-ordinates, 66, 96, 118

Space-interval, 36, 67

——— point, 118

Space, two-dimensional, 128

——— three-dimensional, 147

Special theory of Relativity, 1–68, 24

Spherical surface, 129

——— space, 132, 133

St. John, 159

Stellar universe, 126

——— photographs, 153

Straight line, 1–3, 9, 10, 97, 105, 129

System of co-ordinates, 5, 10, 11


Terrestrial space, 18

Theory, 148

——— truth of, 149

Three-dimensional, 65

Time, conception of, 24, 61, 125

——— co-ordinate, 66, 118

——— in Physics, 26, 117, 146

——— of an event, 28, 32

——— interval, 36, 67

Trajectory, 10

“Truth,” 2


Uniform translation, 14, 69

Universe (World), structure of, 128, 135

——— circumference of, 131

Universe, elliptical, 133, 136

——— Euclidean, 130, 132

——— space expanse (radius) of, 137

——— spherical, 132, 136


Value of 7, 97, 130

Velocity of light, 11, 21, 22, 89, 143

Venus, 152


Weight (heaviness), 77

World, 65, 66, 130, 147

World-point, 147

——— -radius, 133

——— -sphere, 130, 131


Zeeman, 48