An Alternative Deduction from the Michelson-Morley Experiment

A theory is developed from two postulates: that the speed of light is invariant, and that any two synchronized clocks which are separated will again agree on reuniting. The existence of a preferred inertial frame is demonstrated and the coordinate transformations for non-uniform motion are obtained and used in an analysis of a return journey to elucidate further the clock paradox. With electrodynamics and mechanics as examples it is shown that physical laws are invariant in the special case of uniform motion and consequently that many of the arguments alleged to demonstrate special relativity do not in fact do so. However, in the case of non-uniform motion the theory appears to have an inherent restriction to events on the common path of observers with rectilinear motion, and until this restriction can be removed the physical validity of the theory is doubtful.