SPEED OF LIGHT
A REGULAR DECREASE (By Electric Telegraph-Copyright) (“Sun” Cable) LONDON, sth DecThe “Daily Mail” Paris correspondent reports that “light is getting lazy” according to the scientist Abbe Moreux. Calculations since early in the nineteenth century show that the speed of light has decreased regularly 2£ ipiles per second yearly, from 192,630 miles per second to about 186,000. The variation is not attributable to more accurate measurements and a satisfactory explanation is unavailable.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 December 1927, Page 5
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74SPEED OF LIGHT Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 December 1927, Page 5
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