Carhart, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1844-1920 · Boston : Allyn and Bacon · leaf 247
m the sun. But itis probable that the most accurate determinations of thisdistance are to be made by reversing the order of computations. Given the speed of light, independently determined by physical processes, the constant of aberration, orthe retardation of the eclipses of Jupiters satellites,… … 236 LIGHT. His method depends upon the eclipse of a source of lightby means of a rapidly rotating toothed wheel. The principle is therefore analogous to Roemers observations onthe satellites of Jupiter. A beam of light from a source 8 (Fig. 102) passesthrough a collimator in the side of a…
Physics
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
