Measuring the Speed of Light

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This site contains information concerning early measurements of the speed of light. This site describes Galileo's attempts with lanterns and Roemer's observations of Jupiter's moon Io. An image and animation is included.

https://physics.uwb.edu.pl/main/ptf/fizyka2000/waves_particles/lig...

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 1999
Presumably copyrighted. Permission most likely required for use.
Keywords:: Electromagnetic Radiation, Galileo, Light, Roemer, Speed of light
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created June 8, 2007 by Andrew Coughlin
Record Updated:: August 19, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 20, 1999
Other Collections:: The Physics To Go

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