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FURTH1 has recently suggested a repetition of the Michelson–Morley experiment using microwaves and attempting to detect the change in resonant frequency of a cavity as it is rotated through 90°. Essen2 proposes that any change in the resonant frequency of the cavity be detected by using the cavity to control an oscillator the frequency of which is compared with that of a quartz standard, and estimates that a change in resonant frequency of one part in 1010 might be detectable.
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Littman Furth, H., Nature, 173, 80 (1954).
Essen, L., Nature, 173, 734 (1954).
Wood, A. B., Tomlinson, G. A., and Essen, L., Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 158, 606 (1937).
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CROMBIE, D. Proposal for a New Æther Drift Experiment. Nature 175, 350–351 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175350a0
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