DOC. 21 THEORY OF
RELATIVITY 551
[9]See
Lorentz 1892a.
[10]See Lorentz 1892b and FitzGerald 1889.
[11]This
objection
was
first
made
by
Henri
Poincare
(see
Poincare
1901,
p.
536, and
Poincare
1902,
pp.
201-202).
[12]In
Einstein
1925b
Einstein
dropped
"(Beobachters)".
[13]The
fact that
relativistic invariance
yields
a
criterion for
the
acceptability
of
a
physical
theory
was
first
formulated
in
published
form
in
Einstein 1910a
(Vol. 3,
Doc.
2),
p.
136.
[14]See,
for
instance,
Einstein's review article from
1907 (Einstein
1907j [Vol. 2,
Doc. 47])
for relativistic theories of
the
Doppler
effect, aberration,
Fizeau's
experiment,
and
the motion
of cathode
rays
in electromagnetic fields. In 1908
Einstein collaborated
with
Jakob
Laub
on
applications
of
relativity to moving
media
(see
Vol.
2,
the
editorial
note,
"Einstein
and
Laub
on
the
Electrodynamics
of
Moving
Media,"
pp.
503-507,
for
a
review of
this
work
and
of
related
work
by
others).
For
historical
discussions of
applications
of
relativity, see,
for
instance,
Miller
1981.
[15]The
relation between
the
inertial
mass
of
a
body
and
its energy content
was
first
derived
in
Einstein
1905s
(Vol.
2,
Doc.
24).
[16]See Einstein
1906e
(Vol.
2,
Doc.
35),
where Einstein
shows
that
the
mass-energy
relation
is
a
consequence
of the
law
of conservation of motion of
the center
of
gravity
for
systems
in
which
electrodynamical
as
well
as
mechanical
processes
occur.
[17]See
Minkowski 1909.
[18]In
Einstein
1925b this and the
following paragraph
are
omitted.
[19]See the
editorial
notes,
"Einstein
on
Gravitation
and
Relativity:
The Static
Field,"
pp.
122-128, and
"Einstein
on
Gravitation
and
Relativity:
The
Collaboration
with Marcel
Grossmann,"
pp.
294-301,
for
an
account
of Einstein's
contemporary attempts at
a
general-
ization of
special relativity.
[20]Cohn 1913.
This
bibliographic note
was
omitted
in
Einstein
1925b.
[21]Section
II
was
added
in
Einstein
1925b.
[22]For
historical
background
to the
development
of
general relativity, see, e.g.,
the
editorial
notes,
"Einstein
on
Gravitation
and
Relativity:
The Static
Field,"
pp.
122-128, and
"Einstein
on
Gravitation
and Relativity:
The Collaboration
with
Marcel
Grossmann,"
pp.
294-301, and
Pais
1982,
chaps.
9-15.
[23]See, e.g.,
Earman and
Glymour
1980a
for
a
historical discussion.
[24]"Konstruktion" should
be
"Kontraktion."
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