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Morley, Edward W., House

West Hartford, Connecticut
County of Hartford.
National Register Number: 75002057
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Domestic - single dwelling.
Certified Local Government: NO

Statement of Significance (as of designation - May 15, 1975):
From 1906 to 1923, this was the home of the chemist Edward W. Morley (1838-1923), who collaborated with Albert A. Michelson in measuring the speed of light (1887) and determined the atomic weights of hydrogen and oxygen. Not open to the public.


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