Figure 10 - 32 shows an early method of measuring the speed of light that makes use of a rotating slotted wheel. A beam of light passes through one of the slots
File:Speed of light measurement device, Albert A. Michelson - Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) - DSC06435.JPG - Wikimedia Commons
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