Q. 2
Which of the foll A. Roemer method
B. Fizeau method
C. Foucault method
D. Michelson method
Answer :
French physicist Hippolyta Fizeau is credited with making the first non-astronomical measurement, laboratory method to find the velocity of light. He obtained a value of 299,792,458 ms-1 (a speed that could circle the equator 7.5 times in a single second) from his experiment.
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