On a Possible Mode of Detecting a Motion of the Solar System through the Luminiferous Ether in a Letter to Mr. D.P. Todd

Name: On a Possible Mode of Detecting a Motion of the Solar System through the Luminiferous Ether in a Letter to Mr. D.P. Todd
Author: James Clerk Maxwell

James Clerk Maxwell

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in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London; London, Harrison & Sons, Vol. XXX, No. 200, December 1879 July, 1880; ix, 599pp, with the Maxwell on pp 108-110. In original tan quarter leather with marble boards. Clean and white, binding tight, X-libris but free of markings. This letter provided the incentive for the Michelson-Morley experiment.

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Title: On a Possible Mode of Detecting a Motion of the Solar System through the Luminiferous Ether in a Letter to Mr. D.P. Todd
Author: James Clerk Maxwell
Condition: Near fine
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Item weight: 1.5 pounds
Dimensions: 6 inches width by 8.25 inches height by 2 inches depth

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