How the Speed of Light Was First Measured
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November 10, 2025
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Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/RationalThinker Michelson-Morley Experiment: https://youtu.be/egfYWHC3JdQ The speed of light was once thought to be infinite. That all changed in the 17th century, and ever since then, its speed has undergone a series of refinements as scientists got closer and closer to its true value. Keywords for search: Ole Romer, Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, Isaac Newton, Christian or Christiaan Huygens, Galileo Galilei, Albert Michelson, Fizeau, Foucault, Descartes, James Bradley, Delambre, mile long tube, rotating mirror, experiment
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