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 ------- 8 1791.5 255.920 = mean. 9 2047.1 - .028 = correction for rate. ------- 10 2303.5 255.892 11 2559.0 + .180 = correction for temperature. ------- 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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