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Chapter 22 Electromagnetic Waves

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Measuring the Speed of Light<br />

The speed of light was known to be very large,<br />

although careful studies of the orbits of Jupiter’s<br />

moons showed that it is finite.<br />

One important measurement, by Michelson, used a<br />

rotating mirror:

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