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Designing an original instrument for measuring the speed of light

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This paper mainly proceeds to clarify a simple method in order to measure the speed of some natural phenomena having constant velocity such as light and sound as closely as desired. The fundamental idea supporting this design and the instrument which could be designed based on this thesis originates with some mathematical interesting properties associating with ellipses. Finally a small section is allocated to verify the possibility of another way in order to evaluate the speed of light.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

    Malek Abbasi

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Dedicated to the Memory of Sir Isaac Newton.

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Abbasi, M. Designing an original instrument for measuring the speed of light. J Opt 42, 295–299 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12596-013-0153-x

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