Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light - Made at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis by Albert A. Michelson
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18 ÷ 3 = 6.0 = time of one interval.
_Résumé._ No. 1 6.0 seconds. 6.31 à 5 = 31.55 2 6.0 seconds. + 1.00 3 6.7 seconds. ---- 4 6.3 seconds. 5 6.5 seconds. 32.55 6 6.7 seconds. 32.55 ÷ 6.31 = 5.159 7 6.0 seconds. With fork free 5.163 ---- ----- Mean = 6.31 seconds Effect of scrape = - .044 _Specimen._ Circumstances as in first case, except that both forks were on their resonators. Coincidences were observed at-- 21 seconds. 28 seconds. 36 seconds. 44 seconds. 51 seconds. 60 seconds. 60 - 21 = 39 39 ÷ 5 = 7.8 = time of one interval. |
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