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Measurements of the speed of light by Michelson in 1879
Description
Michelson included more details of each experiment in the table of results in his report.
Usage
data(Mich1879)
Format
A data frame with 100 observations on the following 4 variables.
Date
Day of the experiment (from 5 June to 2 July 1879)
Time
AM, PM or Elec (under electric light)
Value
estimate of the speed of light minus 299000, uncorrected for temperature and refraction
Temperature
temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, from 58 to 90
Details
This dataset and the dataset newcomb are both used in Chapter 5, "Measuring the speed of light".
Source
Michelson, Albert. 1880. "Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light Made at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis." Astronomical Papers 1: 109-45. https://books.google.de/books? id=343nAAAAMAAJ
Examples
data(Mich1879, package="GmooG")
with(Mich1879, summary(Temperature))
[Package GmooG version 0.7 Index]