lightspeed {durham}R Documentation

Michelson's speed of light determinations

Description

The data comprise 100 observations representing Michelson's determinations of the velocity of light made from 2 June to 2 July 1879.

Format

A vector of measurements representing the velocity of light minus 299,000.

Source

J. A. Rice (1995). Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis (2nd Edition), p324. Belmont, California: Duxbury Press.

Examples

data(lightspeed)

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