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What was the reason Einstein included reflection from a moving mirror in his relativity paper?

Einstein, in his 1905 relativity paper (Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies), allocates a section to the issue of reflection of light from a moving mirror and derives three formulas (angle, frequency, energy). What was his reason or motivation behind including this problem?

Was there any related experiment at that time that showed discrepancy with classical results?

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