KnowraLuminiferous aetherLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Luminiferous aether, each with the reason it gives.All 8Broader topic 1Narrower topic 3Compared with 4Michelson interferometerCompared with: The interferometer was used to test whether Earth moved relative to this proposed medium.Albert A. MichelsonCompared with: The aether hypothesis supplied the moving medium Michelson’s experiments attempted to detect.Léon FoucaultCompared with: Foucault’s pendulum demonstrated terrestrial rotation without relying on an optical ether-drift test.Edward W. MorleyCompared with: The experiment’s expected signal depended on Earth moving relative to this proposed medium.