Albert Abraham Michelson facsimile

Mss.535.2.M58

Date: 1879 | Size: 1 volume(s), 1 volume, 114 p.

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Abstract

Manuscript facsimile of Michelson's paper on the "experimental determination of the velocity of light," which was published in the Proc. AAAS 28 (1879), 124-160.

Background note

American physicist Albert Abraham Michelson, best known for his work on the measurement of the speed of light and especially for the Michelson-Morley experiment, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1907.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume, 114 p.

Provenance

Tracy Crawford, through C. D. Shane, gift.

Indexing Terms

Subject(s)

Velocity of light