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The Meaning of Relativity

Note 7 — LECTURE II THE THEORY OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY

Edwin P. (Edwin Plimpton) Adams translation

Strictly speaking, it would be more correct to define simultaneity first, somewhat as follows: two events taking place at the points and of the system are simultaneous if they appear at the same instant when observed from the middle point, , of the interval . Time is then defined as the ensemble of the indications of similar clocks, at rest relatively to , which register the same simultaneously.

Illustration from The Meaning of Relativity Four lectures delivered at Princeton University, May, 1921
Illustration from The Meaning of Relativity Four lectures delivered at Princeton University, May, 1921
Illustration from The Meaning of Relativity Four lectures delivered at Princeton University, May, 1921
Illustration from The Meaning of Relativity Four lectures delivered at Princeton University, May, 1921
Illustration from The Meaning of Relativity Four lectures delivered at Princeton University, May, 1921
Illustration from The Meaning of Relativity Four lectures delivered at Princeton University, May, 1921
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