ColophonAvailabilityThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.org.This eBook is produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team atwww.pgdp.net.The text was produced from the 1921 first edition. Except for the title page, the illustrations were taken from the 1922 second edition. Those are the same as those of the first edition, but were available in a significantly better scan-quality. Note that textual changes made in the second edition have not been applied to this transcription of the first edition.MetadataTitle:Einstein’s Theories of Relativity and Gravitation: A Selection of Material from the Essays Submitted in the Competition for the Eugene Higgins Prize of $5,000Editor:James Malcolm Bird (1886–1964)InfoContributor:A. d’AbroContributor:L. M. AlexanderContributor:Prof. Joseph S. AmesContributor:Prof. E. N. da C. AndradeContributor:Lieut. W. Mark AngusContributor:Paul M. BatchelderContributor:E. T. BellContributor:Lyndon BoltonContributor:Dr. George de BothezatContributor:Charles A. BrunnContributor:Charles H. BurrContributor:Dorothy BurrContributor:Elwyn F. BurrillContributor:Professor A. E. CaswellContributor:Edward A. ClarkeContributor:Harold T. DavisContributor:R. F. DeimelContributor:C. E. DimickContributor:Saul DushmanContributor:Hugh ElliotContributor:Earl R. EvansContributor:E. P. Fairbairn, M.C., B.Sc.Contributor:Francis FarquharContributor:Montgomery FrancisContributor:J. Elias Fries, Fellow A.I.E.E.Contributor:H. GartelmannContributor:James O. G. GibbonsContributor:Norman E. GilbertContributor:Dean W. P. GrahamContributor:D. B. HallContributor:George Frederick Hemens, M.C., B.Sc.Contributor:C. W. KanoltContributor:Frank E. LawContributor:R. Bruce LindsayContributor:Rev. George Thomas ManleyContributor:George F. MarstellerContributor:John G. McHardyContributor:L. F. H. de Miffonis. B.A., C.E.Contributor:Col. John MillisContributor:Dr. M. C. Mott-SmithContributor:Dr. Francis D. MurnaghanContributor:Edward A. PartridgeContributor:Professor Andrew H. PattersonContributor:Professor William H. PickeringContributor:William Hemmenway PrattContributor:Kenneth W. ReedContributor:James RiceContributor:Edward Adams RichardsonContributor:Walter van B. RobertsContributor:C. E. Rose, M.E.Contributor:T. RoydsContributor:Prof. Henry Norris RussellContributor:Prof. Moritz SchlickContributor:Leopold SchorschContributor:Prof. J. A. SchoutenContributor:Frederick W. ShurlockContributor:W. de SitterContributor:Prof. William Benjamin SmithContributor:Robert StevensonContributor:Prof. W. F. G. SwannContributor:Prof. Arthur Gordon WebsterContributor:L. L. WhyteContributor:Prof. R. W. WoodLanguage:EnglishOriginal publication date:1921Revision History2020-08-29 Started.External ReferencesThis Project Gutenberg eBook contains external references. These links may not work for you.CorrectionsThe following corrections have been applied to the text:PageSourceCorrectionEdit distanceviiis made is madeis made8viiibtweenbetween1xiiiChiselhurstChislehurst228attriutingattributing138axisaxes146,327[Not in source],148[Not in source]”159assumsassumes161IIIII174followsfollow174parellelparallel196inadmissableinadmissible1110appositeopposite1114synonomoussynonymous1123indepedentindependent1125DescarteanCartesian6126propostionspropositions1127’”1144incomphehensibleincomprehensible1151hypothenusehypotenuse1153dimensiondimensions1156BetelgueseBetelgeuse2169,282,282coördinatescoordinates1 / 0170[Not in source].1181MichelsenMichelson1182Michelsen-MorleyMichelson-Morley1185that:[Deleted]5205gometrygeometry1206andund1213distroyeddestroyed1219wellswalls1228indisolublyindissolubly1231signficancesignificance1240amazingingamazing3244dimsensionsdimensions1249RelativitatstheorieRelativitätstheorie1 / 0254oberserversobservers2260,345co-ordinatescoordinates1262orof1279PoincairéPoincaré1291JeanJeans1298methematiciansmathematicians1305,305,305Asso.Assoc.1305Astro.Astron.1312axactlyexactly1315.,1319acrrossacross1322ususe1327BY[Deleted]3329wastewasted1330analagousanalogous1335rotatonsrotations1340imbeddedembedded1343,343co-ordinatecoordinate1344gravitatongravitation1345linelive1
ColophonAvailabilityThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.org.This eBook is produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team atwww.pgdp.net.The text was produced from the 1921 first edition. Except for the title page, the illustrations were taken from the 1922 second edition. Those are the same as those of the first edition, but were available in a significantly better scan-quality. Note that textual changes made in the second edition have not been applied to this transcription of the first edition.MetadataTitle:Einstein’s Theories of Relativity and Gravitation: A Selection of Material from the Essays Submitted in the Competition for the Eugene Higgins Prize of $5,000Editor:James Malcolm Bird (1886–1964)InfoContributor:A. d’AbroContributor:L. M. AlexanderContributor:Prof. Joseph S. AmesContributor:Prof. E. N. da C. AndradeContributor:Lieut. W. Mark AngusContributor:Paul M. BatchelderContributor:E. T. BellContributor:Lyndon BoltonContributor:Dr. George de BothezatContributor:Charles A. BrunnContributor:Charles H. BurrContributor:Dorothy BurrContributor:Elwyn F. BurrillContributor:Professor A. E. CaswellContributor:Edward A. ClarkeContributor:Harold T. DavisContributor:R. F. DeimelContributor:C. E. DimickContributor:Saul DushmanContributor:Hugh ElliotContributor:Earl R. EvansContributor:E. P. Fairbairn, M.C., B.Sc.Contributor:Francis FarquharContributor:Montgomery FrancisContributor:J. Elias Fries, Fellow A.I.E.E.Contributor:H. GartelmannContributor:James O. G. GibbonsContributor:Norman E. GilbertContributor:Dean W. P. GrahamContributor:D. B. HallContributor:George Frederick Hemens, M.C., B.Sc.Contributor:C. W. KanoltContributor:Frank E. LawContributor:R. Bruce LindsayContributor:Rev. George Thomas ManleyContributor:George F. MarstellerContributor:John G. McHardyContributor:L. F. H. de Miffonis. B.A., C.E.Contributor:Col. John MillisContributor:Dr. M. C. Mott-SmithContributor:Dr. Francis D. MurnaghanContributor:Edward A. PartridgeContributor:Professor Andrew H. PattersonContributor:Professor William H. PickeringContributor:William Hemmenway PrattContributor:Kenneth W. ReedContributor:James RiceContributor:Edward Adams RichardsonContributor:Walter van B. RobertsContributor:C. E. Rose, M.E.Contributor:T. RoydsContributor:Prof. Henry Norris RussellContributor:Prof. Moritz SchlickContributor:Leopold SchorschContributor:Prof. J. A. SchoutenContributor:Frederick W. ShurlockContributor:W. de SitterContributor:Prof. William Benjamin SmithContributor:Robert StevensonContributor:Prof. W. F. G. SwannContributor:Prof. Arthur Gordon WebsterContributor:L. L. WhyteContributor:Prof. R. W. WoodLanguage:EnglishOriginal publication date:1921Revision History2020-08-29 Started.External ReferencesThis Project Gutenberg eBook contains external references. These links may not work for you.CorrectionsThe following corrections have been applied to the text:PageSourceCorrectionEdit distanceviiis made is madeis made8viiibtweenbetween1xiiiChiselhurstChislehurst228attriutingattributing138axisaxes146,327[Not in source],148[Not in source]”159assumsassumes161IIIII174followsfollow174parellelparallel196inadmissableinadmissible1110appositeopposite1114synonomoussynonymous1123indepedentindependent1125DescarteanCartesian6126propostionspropositions1127’”1144incomphehensibleincomprehensible1151hypothenusehypotenuse1153dimensiondimensions1156BetelgueseBetelgeuse2169,282,282coördinatescoordinates1 / 0170[Not in source].1181MichelsenMichelson1182Michelsen-MorleyMichelson-Morley1185that:[Deleted]5205gometrygeometry1206andund1213distroyeddestroyed1219wellswalls1228indisolublyindissolubly1231signficancesignificance1240amazingingamazing3244dimsensionsdimensions1249RelativitatstheorieRelativitätstheorie1 / 0254oberserversobservers2260,345co-ordinatescoordinates1262orof1279PoincairéPoincaré1291JeanJeans1298methematiciansmathematicians1305,305,305Asso.Assoc.1305Astro.Astron.1312axactlyexactly1315.,1319acrrossacross1322ususe1327BY[Deleted]3329wastewasted1330analagousanalogous1335rotatonsrotations1340imbeddedembedded1343,343co-ordinatecoordinate1344gravitatongravitation1345linelive1
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The text was produced from the 1921 first edition. Except for the title page, the illustrations were taken from the 1922 second edition. Those are the same as those of the first edition, but were available in a significantly better scan-quality. Note that textual changes made in the second edition have not been applied to this transcription of the first edition.
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