[TheForge] YAK relativity- WAY OT, or not...

[Mike Linn]

> Good points.  I was writing under time constraints so it was quick.
> First, I recall it was someone working on EM radiation around the (can't
> recall name) who was responsible for much regarding the sped of light.
> To the second point, it was primaribly an experiment (as I recall) that
> showed that the speed of light was the same regardless of the emitter's
> velocity that killed the idea of the ether.  But, if light were
> to propigate at constant speed, then this experiment would be meaningless.
> Now, light traveling at a constant speed would seem to disprove the ether,
> but that isn't entirely true (more later).

I think you are refering to the Michelson-Morley experiments

http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/lectures/michelson.html


mike