Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 436
velocity of light has been recently measured in a direct manner, andit certainly appears a marvellous achievement that means have been foundto measure a velocity so astounding, not in the spaces of the solar system,or along the diameter of the earths orbit, but within the narrow limits ofan… … Fig. 192. taking leave of Roemer, we may mention that his discovery, like manyothers, and like some inventions which have been described in this book,did not for some time find favour with even the scientific world, nor wasthe truth generally accepted, until Bradleys discovery of the aberration…
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