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Edward Williams Morley Biography and Timeline

Follow Edward Williams Morley through 1 dated historical records for United States of America.

Edward Williams Morley, historical timeline

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1887

Relativity, Theory of

Chemist · Cleveland · Science / Physics

Morley works with Michelson on the ether drift experiment later treated as an important background to special relativity

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