Assuming, with Hasok Chang, that the history and philosophy of science can contribute to scientific knowledge, particularly when it is a matter of disposing of groundless or useless notions, I examine the case of the luminiferous ether, and seek to ascertain what factors may have kept it alive until 1905, when Ein-stein declared it superfluous. Keywords: ether, lines of force, Maxwell-Lorentz electrodynamics, special relativity.
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