Ralphs Possession a Simple Record of How It Was Given Him And What He Did Wit
Ralphs Possession a Simple Record of How It Was Given Him And What He Did Wit
George Hopkins
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" " People pretend to know how fast light travels, " said Mary. " Ever so many miles in one second. " " That, " said Ralph, " is the discovery of a Danish astronomer named Roemer. He noticed that an eclipse of one of the moons of Jupiter, observed when the earth is at that point of its own orbit nearest to Jupiter, returned sixteen minutes later than calculated when the earth was at the opposite part of the orbit, that is, about two hundred million miles farther from Jupiter than before. These ...calculations for the real re- turn of the eclipse were found correct beyond all controversy. Its observed return was, there- fore, sixteen minutes too late. It follows then, Light. 203 that an eclipse of one of these satellites that would be seen by us at a certain time when we are nearest Jupiter, is seen sixteen minutes (or about one thousand seconds) later when we are two hundred million miles farther away. This gives to light a velocity of two hundred thou- sand miles in one second. " " Then, " exclaimed Frank, delighted, " we can tell how long it takes light to come to us from the stars.
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