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Used interferometry to measure the change in light propagation produced by flowing water and obtained a result consistent with a partial-drag coefficient.
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The record is Fizeau's sole-author 1851 moving-water experiment. It does not constitute special relativity, settle every ether model or absorb later repetitions and relativistic interpretations.
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- French Academy bibliography of Fizeau publications
- English translation of Fizeau 1851 moving-water paper
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Hippolyte Fizeau
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Fizeau: light propagation in moving water
Used interferometry to measure the change in light propagation produced by flowing water and obtained a result consistent with a partial-drag coefficient.
Scientific scope
The record is Fizeau's sole-author 1851 moving-water experiment. It does not constitute special relativity, settle every ether model or absorb later repetitions and relativistic interpretations.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Hippolyte Fizeau
The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.