), [36], [37]
Lines of force, [106]
Lorentz, H. A., [19], [41], [44], [49],
[50]-[53]
—transformation, [33], [39], [42],
[91], [97], [98], [115], [118], [119],
[121]
——(generalised), [120]
Mach, E., [72]
Magnetic field, [63]
Manifold (see Continuum)
Mass of heavenly bodies, [132]
Matter, [101]
Maxwell, [41], [44], [48]-[50], [52]
—fundamental equations, [46], [77]
Measurement of length, [85]
Measuring-rod, [5], [6], [28], [80], [81],
[94], [100], [102], [111], [113],
[117]
Mercury, [103], [126]
—orbit of, [103], [126]
Michelson, [52]-[54]
Minkowski, [55]-[57], [91], [122]
Morley, [53], [54]
Motion, [14], [60]
—of heavenly bodies, [13], [15],
[44], [102], [113]
Newcomb, [126]
Newton, [11], [72], [102], [105], [125]
Newton's constant of,
gravitation, [131]
—law of gravitation, [48], [80],
[106], [124]
—law of motion, [64]
Non-Euclidean geometry, [108]
Non-Galileian reference-bodies, [98]
Non-uniform motion, [62]
Optics, [13], [19], [44]
Organ-pipe, note of, [14]
Parabola, [9], [10]
Path-curve, [10]
Perihelion of Mercury, [124]-[126]
Physics, [7]
—of measurement, [7]
Place specification, [5], [6]
Plane, [1], [108], [109]
Poincaré, [108]
Point, [1]
Point-mass, energy of, [45]
Position, [9]
Principle of relativity, [13]-[15],
[19], [20], [60]
Processes of Nature, [42]
Propagation of light, [17], [19],
[2], [32], [91], [119]
——in liquid, [40]
——in gravitational fields, [75]
Quasi-Euclidean universe, [114]
Quasi-spherical universe, [114]
Radiation, [46]
Radioactive substances, [50]
Reference-body, [5], [7], [9]-[11], [18],
[23], [25], [26], [37], [60]
——rotating, [79]
Reference-mollusk, [99]-[101]
Relative position, [3]
—velocity, [117]
Rest, [14]
Riemann, [86], [108], [111]
Rotation, [81], [122]
Schwarzschild, [131]
Seconds-clock, [36]
Seeliger, [105], [106]
Simultaneity, [22], [24]-[26], [81]
—relativity of, [26]
Size-relations, [90]
Solar eclipse, [75], [127], [128]
Space, [9], [52], [55], [105]
—conception of, [19]
Space co-ordinates, [55], [81], [99]
Space-interval, [30], [56]
—point, [99]
—two-dimensional, [108]
—three-dimensional, [122]
Special theory of relativity,
[1]-[57], [20]
Spherical surface, [109]
—space, [111], [112]
St. John, [131]
Stellar universe, [106]
—photographs, [128]
Straight line, [1]-[3], [9], [10], [82], [88],
[109]
System of co-ordinates, [5], [10], [11]
Terrestrial space, [15]
Theory, [123]
—truth of, [124]
Three-dimensional, [55]
Time, conception of, [19], [52],
[105]
—co-ordinate, [55], [99]
—in Physics, [21], [98], [122]
—of an event, [24], [26]
Time-interval, [30], [56]
Trajectory, [10]
"Truth," [2]
Uniform translation, [12], [59]
Universe (World) structure of,
[108], [113]
—circumference of, [111]
Universe elliptical, [112], [114]
—Euclidean, [109], [111]
—space expanse (radius) of,
[114]
—spherical, [111], [114]
Value of
, [82], [110]
Velocity of light, [10], [17], [18], [76],
[118]
Venus, [126]
Weight (heaviness), [65]
World, [55], [56], [109], [122]
World-point, [122]
—radius, [112]
—sphere, [110], [111]
Zeeman, [41]
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