Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light: Made at the U.S. Naval Academy, AnnapolisMichelson, Albert A. (Albert Abraham)
Science
Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light: Made at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis
Michelson, Albert A. (Albert Abraham)
Light -- Speed
June 26|2|86|133.42| 0.265|133.15|0.05|1.508|-0.252|257.33|33.339|0.99627|299890|P.M.
June 26|2|86|133.44| 0.265|133.17|0.08|1.508|-0.252|257.33|33.339|0.99627|299840|P.M.
June 27|3|73|133.49| 0.265|133.22|0.11|1.483|-0.096|257.46|33.328|0.99627|299780|A.M.
June 27|3|74|133.47| 0.265|133.20|0.06|1.483|-0.108|257.44|33.328|0.99627|299810|A.M.
June 27|3|75|133.47| 0.265|133.21|0.09|1.483|-0.120|257.43|33.328|0.99627|299760|A.M.
June 27|3|75|133.45| 0.265|133.19|0.09|1.467|-0.120|257.42|33.328|0.99627|299810|A.M.
June 27|3|76|133.47| 0.265|133.20|0.08|1.483|-0.132|257.42|33.328|0.99627|299790|A.M.
June 27|3|76|133.45| 0.265|133.19|0.10|1.483|-0.132|257.42|33.328|0.99627|299810|A.M.
June 30|2|85| 35.32|135.00 | 99.68|0.05|1.500|-0.240|193.00|33.274|0.99645|299820|P.M. Mirror inverted.
June 30|2|86| 35.34|135.00 | 99.67|0.06|1.508|-0.252|193.00|33.274|0.99645|299850|P.M. Mirror inverted.
June 30|2|86| 35.34|135.00 | 99.66|0.10|1.508|-0.252|193.00|33.274|0.99645|299870|P.M. Mirror inverted.
June 30|2|86| 35.34|135.00 | 99.66|0.09|1.517|-0.252|193.00|33.274|0.99645|299870|P.M. Mirror inverted.
July 1|2|83| 02.17|135.145|132.98|0.07|1.500|-0.216|257.35|33.282|0.99627|299810|P.M. Mirror inverted.
July 1|2|84| 02.15|135.145|133.00|0.09|1.500|-0.228|257.34|33.282|0.99627|299740|P.M. Mirror inverted.
July 1|2|86| 02.14|135.145|133.01|0.06|1.467|-0.252|257.28|33.311|0.99627|299810|P.M. Mirror inverted.
July 1|2|86| 02.14|135.145|133.00|0.08|1.467|-0.252|257.28|33.311|0.99627|299940|P.M. Mirror inverted.
July 2|3|86| 99.85| 0.400| 99.45|0.05|1.450|-0.252|192.95|33.205|0.99606|299950|P.M. Mirror erect.
July 2|3|86| 66.74| 0.400| 66.34|0.03|1.450|-0.252|128.63|33.205|0.99586|299800|P.M. Mirror erect.
July 2|3|86| 50.16| 0.400| 47.96|0.07|1.467|-0.252| 96.48|33.205|0.99580|299810|P.M. Mirror erect.
July 2|3|85| 33.57| 0.400| 33.17|0.06|1.450|-0.240| 64.32|33.205|0.99574|299870|P.M. Mirror erect.
In the last two sets of June 13, the micrometer was fixed at 113.41 and
112.14 respectively. The image was bisected by the cross-hair, and kept as
nearly as possible in this place, meantime counting the number of seconds
required for the image of the revolving mirror to complete 60
oscillations. In other words, instead of measuring the deflection, the
speed of rotation was measured. In column 7 for these two sets, the
numbers 11 and 6 are the differences between the greatest and the smallest
number of seconds observed.
In finding the mean value of V from the table, the sets are all given the
same weight. The difference between the result thus obtained and that from
any system of weights is small, and may be neglected.
The following table gives the result of different groupings of sets of
observations. Necessarily some of the groups include others:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account