Buildings used for Michelson's velocity of light experiment in Irvine. The tube used in the experiments is seen extending across the background. Utility poles are visible in the background; a sawhorse and grass are in the foreground. The buildings appear to be made from corrugated sheet metal. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Buildings--California--Irvine--Photographs Corrugated sheet metal Michelson, Albert A. (Albert Abraham), 1852-1931 Light--Experiments Light--Speed--Experiments Electric lines--Poles and towers Sawhorses Grass Tubes Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
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