Michelson

[ mahy-kuhl-suhn ]

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Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel Prize 1907.

Michelson

/ ˈmaɪkəlsən /

MichelsonAlbert Abraham18521931MUSGermanSCIENCE: physicist Albert Abraham. 1852–1931, US physicist, born in Germany: noted for his part in the Michelson-Morley experiment: Nobel prize for physics 1907

Michelson

/ mī′kəl-sən /

German-born American physicist who (with Edward Morley) disproved the existence of ether, the hypothetical medium of electromagnetic waves. Their work served as the starting point for Albert Einstein's development of the theory of relativity.

The first, by the choreographer Sarah Michelson, consisted of several dancers walking backward in circles for well over an hour.

And it is not merely a principle which it is a question of saving, it is the indubitable results of the experiments of Michelson.

The means have been varied; finally Michelson pushed precision to its last limits; nothing came of it.

This time the compensation is rigorous, and this it is which explains Michelson's experiment.

I went to Mrs. Michelson's room, and found Fanny in a corner, with her box by her side, crying bitterly.

I don't send for you to make objections, Mrs. Michelson—I send for you to carry out my plans of economy.

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