Stigler's Law of Eponymy and Marey's Train Schedule Did Serjev Do It Before Ibry, and What About Jules Petiet?

摘要

Which brings us back to eponymy. "Marey's train schedule" is surely wrong, although that is how such designs are most commonly known. Would it be better to call them Ibry's? Or Serjev's?To our knowledge, they have never been referred to as "Petiet's train schedules" and so, by Stigler's Law, he has a fair shot as its origina-tor, but where and when did Serjev get the idea? C?