Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light - Made at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis by Albert A. Michelson
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page 40 of 58 (68%)
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V = 299800 299880 299850
In the following table, the numbers in the column headed "Distinctness of Image" are thus translated: 3, good; 2, fair; 1, poor. These numbers do not, however, show the relative weights of the observations. The numbers contained in the columns headed "Position of Deflected Image," "Position of Slit," and displacement of image in divisions were obtained as described in the paragraph headed "Micrometer," page 120. The column headed "B" contains the number of "beats" per second between the electric Vtâ fork and the standard Vtâ as explained in the paragraph headed "Measurement of the Speed of Rotation." The column headed "Cor." contains the correction of the rate of the standard fork for the difference in temperature of experiment and 65° Fahr., for which temperature the rate was found. The numbers in the column headed "Number of revolutions per second" were found by applying the corrections in the two preceding columns to the rate of the standard, as explained in the same paragraph. The "radius of measurement" is the distance between the front face of the revolving mirror and the cross-hair of the micrometer. The numbers in the column headed "Value of one turn of the screw" were taken from the table, page 127. Date. | Distinctness of image. | | Temperature, Fahr. | | | Position of deflected image. |
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