↑(en) « Ives' work in the basic optical field presents a rather curious anomaly, for although he considered that it disproved the special theory of relativity, the fact is that his experimental work offers one of the most valuable supports for this theory, and his numerous theoretical investigations are quite consistent with it… his deductions were in fact valid, but his conclusions were only superficially in contradiction with the relativity theory—their intricacy and formidable appearance were due entirely to Ives' insistence on maintaining an aether framework and mode of expression. I... was never able to convince him that since what he had was in fact indistinguishable in its predictions from the relativity theory within the domain of physics, it was in fact the same theory... some who have not penetrated to the essence of Ives' theoretical work have seized upon it as overthrowing the special theory of relativity, and have used it as an argument for a return to outmoded and invalid ways of thought. »
↑(en) H. E. Ives et G. R. Stilwell, « An experimental study of the rate of a moving atomic clock », The Journal of Optical Society of America, vol. 28, no 7, , p. 215-226 (DOI10.1364/JOSA.28.000215, Bibcode1938JOSA...28..215I)
↑(en) Herbert E. Ives et G. R. Stilwell, « An experimental study of the rate of a moving clock II », Journal of the Optical Society of America, vol. 31, , p. 369-374
↑(en) H. E. Ives, « Historical note on the rate of moving atomic clock », The Journal of Optical Society of America, vol. 37, no 10, , p. 810-813
↑(en) H. E. Ives, « The measurement of the velocity of light by signals sent in one direction », The Journal of Optical Society of America, vol. 38, no 10, , p. 879-884
↑(en) H. E. Ives, « Lorentz-type transformations as derived from performable rod and clock operations », The Journal of Optical Society of America, vol. 39, no 9, , p. 757-761
↑(en) H. E. Ives, « Extrapolation from Michelson-Morley experiment », The Journal of Optical Society of America, vol. 40, no 4, , p. 185-191