Water-filled telescopes and the pre-history of Fresnel's ether dragging

DOI10.1007/S004070050042zbMath1025.78002OpenAlexW2079050357MaRDI QIDQ1571042

Kurt Møller Pedersen

Publication date: 9 November 2000

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004070050042

zbMATH Keywords

refractionlight velocityFresnel's ether dragging theorystellar and terrestrial aberration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of optics and electromagnetic theory (78-03) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03)

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