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Lord Rayleigh: Does Motion through
LXXIII. Does Motion through the Æther cause Double Refraction?
By Lord Rayleigh, O.M., F.R.S[1]
THE well-known negative result of the Michelson-Morley experiment in which interference takes place between two rays, one travelling to and fro in the direction of the earth's motion, and the other to and fro in a perpendicular direction, is most naturally interpreted as proving that the
- ↑ Communicated by the Author. Read before Section A of the British Association at Belfast.
