Category:
Historical Papers
Sub-Category:
Astrophysics
Date Published:
October 1959
Keywords:
Ritz, ballistic theory, La Rosa, Einstein, Aether, Keplerian, De Sitter, Tolman, Whittaker, Tomaschek, Miller, Michelson-Morley, Majorana
Filename:
Dingle_MNoteRoyAstSoc[trans]_v119n1(1959)67-71.pdf
Publication:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Comments:
Thomas E. Miles used Google Translate for English
Abstract:
Ritz's "ballistic" theory of light emission is outlined, and the evidence on which it has been regarded as untenable is re-examined. It is shown that the theory as presented bу Ritz is indefinite, and that, when it is amended to а foпn consistent with the postulate of relativity of motion, it is no longer vulnerable to the earlier criticisms. The question of its admissibility is therefore open. It is pointed out that determinations of the "constant of aberration'' from observations of distant nebulae might settle this ques tion, and such determinations are recommended.
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