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by Ciro Santilli (@cirosantilli, 25)
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Speed of light experiment

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Bibliography:
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light#First_measurement_attempts Rømer and Christiaan Huygens reached 26% accuracy by the observation of Jupiter's moon!
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Video 1. Replicating the Fizeau Apparatus by AlphaPhoenix (2018) Source. Modern reconstruction with a laser and digital camera.
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Video 2. Visualizing video at the speed of light - one trillion frames per second by MIT (2011) Source. Fast cameras. OK, this takes it to the next level.
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    • Fizeau's determination of the speed of light with a rotating cogwheel link
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Fizeau's determination of the speed of light with a rotating cogwheel (1848)

 Speed of light experiment toc

 Ancestors

  1. Speed of light
  2. Light
  3. Photon
  4. Elementary particle
  5. Subatomic particle
  6. Standard Model
  7. Particle physics
  8. Physics
  9. Natural science
  10. Science
  11. Index

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  • Speed of light
  • The most important physics experiments

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