, ▁Connecticut ▁Category : H istor ic ▁districts ▁on ▁the ▁National ▁Register ▁of ▁Historic ▁Places ▁in ▁Connecticut <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁history ▁of ▁special ▁relativ ity ▁consists ▁of ▁many ▁theoretical ▁results ▁and ▁empir ical ▁find ings ▁obtained ▁by ▁Albert ▁A . ▁Michel son , ▁Hend rik ▁Lor ent z , ▁Henri ▁Po inc ar é ▁and ▁others . ▁It ▁cul min ated ▁in ▁the ▁theory ▁of ▁special ▁relativ ity ▁proposed ▁by ▁Albert ▁Ein stein ▁and ▁subsequent ▁work ▁of ▁Max ▁Plan ck , ▁Hermann ▁M ink owski ▁and ▁others . ▁ ▁Introduction ▁Although ▁Isaac ▁Newton ▁based ▁his ▁physics ▁on ▁absolute ▁time ▁and ▁space , ▁he ▁also ▁ad her ed ▁to ▁the ▁principle ▁of ▁relativ ity ▁of ▁Gal ile o ▁Gal ile i ▁rest ating ▁it ▁precisely ▁for ▁mechanical ▁systems . ▁This ▁can ▁be ▁stated ▁as : ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁the ▁laws ▁of ▁mechan ics ▁are ▁concerned , ▁all ▁obser vers ▁in ▁in ert ial ▁motion ▁are ▁equally ▁privile ged , ▁and ▁no ▁preferred ▁state ▁of ▁motion ▁can ▁be ▁attributed ▁to ▁any ▁particular ▁in ert ial ▁observer . ▁However , ▁as ▁to ▁elect romagnet ic ▁theory ▁and ▁elect rod ynam ics , ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁the ▁wave ▁theory ▁of ▁light ▁as ▁a ▁disturb ance ▁of ▁a ▁" light ▁medium " ▁or ▁L umin ifer ous ▁ ether ▁was ▁widely ▁accepted , ▁the ▁theory ▁reaching ▁its ▁most ▁developed ▁form ▁in ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁James ▁C ler k ▁Max well . ▁According ▁to ▁Max well ' s ▁theory , ▁all ▁optical ▁and ▁elect rical