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Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light - Made at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis by Albert A. Michelson
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1 0.3 255.83
2 256.1 255.90
3 511.7 255.90
4 767.9 255.93
5 1023.5 255.92
6 1289.2 256.01
7 1535.3 255.95
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8 1791.5 255.920 = mean.
9 2047.1 - .028 = correction for rate.
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10 2303.5 255.892
11 2559.0 + .180 = correction for temperature.
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12 2825.3 256.072 = number of vibrations per second at 65° Fahr.
13 3071.0

In the following _résumé_, column 1 gives the number of the experiments.
Column 2 gives the total number of seconds. Column 3 gives the result not
corrected for temperature. Column 4 gives the temperature Fahrenheit.
Column 5 gives the final result. Column 6 gives the difference between the
greatest and least values:

1 13 255.892 80 256.072 0.18
2 11 255.934 81 256.126 0.17
3 13 255.899 81 256.091 0.12
4 13 255.988 75 256.108 0.13
5 11 255.948 75 256.068 0.05
6 12 255.970 75 256.090 0.05
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