Michelson-Morley experiment: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: IOPscience - Journal of Physics: Conference Series - Michelson-Morley experiment explained by means of five methods (PDF). Sep 08, 2026
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Michelson–Morley Experiment introduction. Jun 23, 2026
Add new Web site: International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics - The Michelson-Morley Experiment Explained by Abolishing the Second Postulate of Relativity (PDF). Apr 01, 2025
Add new Web site: PNAS - A Refinement of the Michelson-Morley Experiment (PDF). Feb 18, 2025
Add new Web site: Indian Academy of Sciences - The Experiment of Michelson and Morley (PDF). Dec 26, 2024
Add new Web site: Wake Forest University - The Michelson-Morley Experiment. Nov 15, 2024
Add new Web site: William and Mary - Arts and Sciences Physics - The Michelson-Morley Experiment(s). Oct 04, 2024
Add new Web site: American Physical Society - November 1887: Michelson and Morley report their failure to detect the luminiferous ether. Aug 06, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - A Refinement of the Michelson-Morley Experiment. Jun 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Case Western Reserve University - Encyclopedia of Cleveland History - Michelson - Morley Experiment. Mar 22, 2024
Add new Web site: University of New South Wales - School of Physics - Einsteinlight - The Michelson and Morley Experiment. Nov 30, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Michelson-Morley Experiment Revisited. Sep 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Open Textbooks at Michael Schwartz Library - The Michelson-Morley Experiment. Jul 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Michelson�Morley Experiment introduction. Jun 13, 2023
Add new Web site: East Tennessee State University - The Michelson-Morley Experiment. Apr 19, 2023
Add new Web site: Hyperphysics- A bit of history: Michelson. Feb 10, 2023
Changed “the Earth” to “Earth” throughout. Changed “It was reasoned” to “Michelson reasoned.” Jul 27, 2020
Add new Web site: American Physical Society - Michelson and Morley. Jul 02, 2015
Changed the location and date of Michelson's initial experiments from "Berlin in 1881" to "Germany in 1880?81." Dec 01, 2014
Added new Web site: The Michelson-Morley Experiment. May 30, 2006
Article revised. May 04, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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