On the Fizeau experiment

Foundations of Physics Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-82

  Selleri, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absolute simultaneity; Clock synchronization; Lorentz ether

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038095523     PISSN: 08949875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024154207793     Document Type: Review

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