The Behavior of Measuring-Rods and Clocks in Motion

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CHAPTER XII. THE BEHAVIOUR OF MEASURING-RODS AND CLOCKS IN MOTION

Of course this feature of the velocity c as a limiting velocity also clearly follows from the equations of the Lorentz transformation, for these became meaningless if we choose values of v greater than c.

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Einstein, Albert, 2004. Relativity: The Special and General Theory. Urbana, Illinois: Project Gutenberg. Retrieved May 2022 from https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5001/5001-h/5001-h.htm#ch12

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