Edward Morley

Edward Williams Morley ( born January 29, 1838 in Newark, New Jersey, † February 24, 1923 in West Hartford, Connecticut ) was an American chemist.

Edward Morley grew up in West Hartford, where he was to retire and returned to his transfer. In 1860 he obtained his degree from Williams College. From 1869 to 1906 he was professor of chemistry at Western Reserve College (now Case Western Reserve University ). He was known as a skilled experimenter.

The most famous of his works is the Michelson -Morley experiment, which he performed in 1887 along with Albert Abraham Michelson. Neither he nor Michelson accepted that it disproved the theory of the luminiferous ether. In retrospect, the experiment but was seen as proof of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity in 1905. Together with Dayton Miller 1902-1905 he led several repetitions of the experiment by which again rendered negative results.

Morley also worked on the chemical composition of the atmosphere, thermal expansion and the speed of light in a magnetic field. In 1907 he received the Davy Medal of the Royal Society.

The lunar crater Morley is named after him.

• Chemists ( 19th century)
• University teachers ( Cleveland)
• Americans
• Born in 1838
• Died in 1923
• Man