This link will take you to an online version of Michelson’s and Morley’s 1887 paper presenting the results of the Interferometer experiment. This copy is maintained at www.aip.org.
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Einstein’s Book of Relativity
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This link will take you to an online version of Einstein’s Relativity book. This copy is maintained at www.bartleby.com.
The purpose of this book is to bring Relativity to a broader audience. While Einstein’s rigorous derivations are contained in his manuscripts, he does offer a simplified derivation of his transformation equations in Appendix 1.
Einstein’s 1905 Paper on Special Relativity
On February - 6 - 2006
This link will take you away from this site to an online version of Einstein’s 1905 foundational manuscript defining Special Relativity. This copy is maintained at www.fourmilab.ch.
In Section 3 of this paper, Einstein creates his transformation equations. The findings presenting at this site can be confirmed by reviewing his paper and derivation.