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Who lied about the Michelson-Morley experiment?

July 27 2008 at 9:48 PM
 

 
According to John Norton, Divine Albert did not lie about the Michelson-Morley experiment; only "later writers" did:

http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/archive/00001743/02/Norton.pdf
John Norton: "Einstein regarded the Michelson-Morley experiment as evidence for the principle of relativity, whereas later writers almost universally use it as support for the light postulate of special relativity......THE MICHELSON-MORLEY EXPERIMENT IS FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH AN EMISSION THEORY OF LIGHT THAT CONTRADICTS THE LIGHT POSTULATE."

Yet Divine Albert seems to be the original liar:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9806EFDD113FEE3ABC4152DFB266838A639EDE
The New York Times, April 19, 1921
"Michelson showed that relative to the moving co-ordinate system K1, the light traveled with the same velocity as relative to K, which is contrary to the above observation. How could this be reconciled? Professor Einstein asked."

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Original M@M

August 5 2008, 7:52 PM 

Original text of paper M@M is the best joke, I even red. Read it, you will see velocity of light in tube fulfilled with water. This velocity depends on the direction, depending factor goes to 23%. Snell law and all the optics? Whatfor that, when M@M is more interesting!

 
 
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