
doi: 10.1038/148692a0
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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