Finding the speed of light: the 1676 discovery that dazzled the world

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Grouping Authormark weston
Grouping Categorybook
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Last Grouping Update2024-03-29 03:09:02AM
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Describes how Danish astronomer Ole Romer measured the speed of light using a crude telescope and a mechanical timepiece.
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9780884485452
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2019
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Astronomy
Astronomy -- Juvenile literature
Discoveries in science
Discoveries in science -- Juvenile literature
Light -- Speed
Light -- Speed -- Juvenile literature
Römer, Ole, -- 1644-1710
Römer, Ole, -- 1644-1710 -- Juvenile literature
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Finding the speed of light : the 1676 discovery that dazzled the world
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Finding the speed of light : the 1676 discovery that dazzled the world / written by Mark Weston ; illustrated by Rebecca Evans
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Finding the speed of light
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the 1676 discovery that dazzled the world
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Astronomy
Discoveries in science
Light
Römer, Ole
Speed

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