Following the framework of Newtonian physics, suppose that that earth is
moving through the luminiferous ether at a speed v. Suppose that you are
Michelson (of the famous experiment) and that you have an interferometer
with two arms, each of length L as shown below. If one arm is directed
along the direction of the earth’s motion and one arm is directed in a
perpendicular direction,
i How long will it take a bit of light to make a complete circuit (out and
back) along each arm??
ii How big is the difference between these two times?