Definition of Edward Morley

1. Noun. United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923).

Exact synonyms: E. W. Morley, Edward Williams Morley, Morley
Generic synonyms: Chemist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Edward Morley

Edward Henry Harriman
Edward I
Edward II
Edward III
Edward IV
Edward James Hughes
Edward James Muggeridge
Edward Jean Steichen
Edward Jenner
Edward Kendall
Edward Kennedy Ellington
Edward Lawrie Tatum
Edward Lear
Edward Lee Thorndike
Edward MacDowell
Edward Morley (current term)
Edward Osborne Wilson
Edward Pusey
Edward R. Murrow
Edward Roscoe Murrow
Edward Sapir
Edward Teach
Edward Teller
Edward Thatch
Edward V
Edward VI
Edward VII
Edward VIII
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
Edward Vincent Sullivan

Literary usage of Edward Morley

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Courts of King's Bench and by George Wilson, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas (1792)
"... and Edward Morley fon and heir to the faid Sir Wiliiam Morley, ... to the ufe of Edward Morley and bis heirs; provided that,if Edward Morley ..."

2. Hospital Life in the Army of the Potomac by William Howell Reed (1866)
"Edward Morley, the Massachusetts Soldier. — Colonel Prentiss. TT\ROM the intense sufferings and labors in the ovcr- JL crowded sheds and railroad depots at ..."

3. Modern Reportsby Thomas Leach by Thomas Leach (1796)
"ui • /- л /• tv '.3. c. anow. another indenture between Edward Morley of one part, and Anne г. Roll. Abr. his wife on the other, they covenant to revoke, ..."

4. Modern Reports; Or, Select Cases Adjudged in the Courts of King's Bench by Great Britain Courts, Thomas Leach (1796)
"... that Edward Morley had agreed to fettle on her, for a without deed, jointure, ... be levied next Hilary Term, to Ьг to the ufe of Edward Morley in 5 ..."

5. The Command of Light: Rowland's School of Physics and the Spectrum by George Kean Sweetnam (2000)
"31 At about the same time as their "ether drift" experiment, Michelson and Edward Morley found, with an interferometer, that "the red hydrogen-line must be ..."

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