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Science and the instrument-maker : Michelson, Sperry, and the speed of light
- Title
- Science and the instrument-maker : Michelson, Sperry, and the speed of light / Thomas Parke Hughes.
- Author
- Hughes, Thomas Parke.
- Publication
- Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976.
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Details
- Description
- iii, 18 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
- Series Statement
- Smithsonian studies in history and technology ; no. 37
- Uniform Title
- Smithsonian studies in history and technology ; no. 37.
- Subject
- Michelson, Albert A. 1852-1931
- Sperry, Elmer Ambrose, 1860-1930
- Michelson, Albert A. 1852-1931
- Sperry, Elmer Ambrose, 1860-1930
- Michelson, Albert Abraham 1852-1931
- Sperry, Elmer Ambrose 1860-1930
- Light > Speed > Measurement
- Physicists > United States > Biography
- Light
- Physics
- Light
- Physics
- light (energy)
- physics
- Light > Speed > Measurement
- Physicists
- Lichtgeschwindigkeit
- Messung
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies
- Pamphlets.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Background for cooperation. The men ; Sperry's searchlight -- Determination of the speed of light. Nature of the experiment ; Trials of instrumentation ; Analysis and evaluation of the data -- Appendix -- Notes.
- LCCN
- 76619433
- OCLC
- ocm01994282
- 1994282
- SCSB-9612658
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library