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[Diagram of interferometer and four mirrors mounted on stone floating in mercury, which disproved existence of luminiferous ether and its role in the transmission of eletromagnetic waves; with surrounding text]

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Illus. and text in: On the relative motion of the earth and the luminous aether / Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley. In Philosophical magazine, 5th ser., vol. 24, Dec. 1887, p. 454.
Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 285.

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01/01/1887

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