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THE recent discussion between Sir James Jeans and Sir Arthur Eddington [see NATURE of Oct. 25, p. 503 and earlier references], in so far as it involves the Fitzgerald–Lorentz contraction, prompts me to direct attention to an aspect of this matter which I presented recently before the American Physical Society Symposium on Philosophy and Science1.
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Held at Providence, R.I., June 21, 1941. The address and a special amplifying paper concerning the specific point in question are published in Rev. Mod. Phys., 13, 190 and 197 (1941).
Swann, W. F. G., Phys. Rev., 35, 336 (1930); Rev. Mod. Phys., 2, 243 (1930).
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SWANN, W. Philosophy of Physical Science. Nature 148, 692 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148692a0
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