Abstract
The invariance with motion of the measurement of two-way light signals in the Michelson-Morley experiment is extrapolated to one-way measurements. The time of arrival of signals at a distant point is accepted as indeterminate, in accordance with the before-and-after characterization of Robb; but it is shown that, in spite of this indeterminancy, definite expressions can be obtained for the operations involved in measuring one-way signals. Extension of the same reasoning leads to Lorentz-type transformations expressed in terms of observable rod and clock readings, which include the self-observed velocities of moved clocks used to set the epochs of distant clocks.
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Herbert E. Ives, "Errata*: Extrapolation from the Michelson-Morley Experiment," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 40, 883_3-883 (1950)https://opg.optica.org/josa/abstract.cfm?uri=josa-40-12-883_3
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