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Morley   /mˈɔrli/   Listen
Morley

noun
1.
United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923).  Synonyms: E. W. Morley, Edward Morley, Edward Williams Morley.



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... sorry if there were no signs of partiality. On the other hand, there is, I trust, no importunate advocacy or tedious assentation.—MORLEY ...
— The Foundations of Japan • J.W. Robertson Scott

... not forget you with Dr. Morley, but have moved that way as much as possible; though I must confess, hitherto, with no great prospect or hopes of success. As for what you mention of entering into Holy Orders, it is indeed a great work; and I am pleased to find you think it so, as well as that you do not admire ...
— Hetty Wesley • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... regular commission, but Jones constantly refused such an appointment; and yet he has been called buccaneer and pirate by many who have written about him, including as recent writers as Rudyard Kipling, John Morley, and Theodore Roosevelt. Nor is it likely that a feeling of patriotism led Jones to serve the colonies against his native land. The reason lay in his overpowering desire of action. He saw in the service of the colonies an opportunity to employ his energies on a larger and ...
— Paul Jones • Hutchins Hapgood

... "O, well," laughed Morley, "if you want to put yourself on a level with Satan, there's no one to prevent you. As for me, I'm a little particular about my company;" and with this Parthian shot he rejoined ...
— Bert Wilson on the Gridiron • J. W. Duffield

... morning to my office, I met with Mr. Fage and took him to the Swan. He told me how he, Haselrigge, [Sir Arthur Haselrigge, Bart. of Nosely, co. Leicester, Colonel of a regiment in the Parliament army, and much esteemed by Cromwell. Ob. 1660.] and Morley, [Probably Colonel Morley Lieutenant of the Tower.] the last night began at my Lord Mayor's to exclaim against the City of London, saying that they had forfeited their charter. And how the Chamberlain of the ...
— The Diary of Samuel Pepys • Samuel Pepys


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