Roemer and the First Determination of the Velocity of Light (1676)

@article{Romer1940RoemerAT,
  title={Roemer and the First Determination of the Velocity of Light (1676)},
  author={Margaret Romer and I. Bernard Cohen},
  journal={Isis},
  year={1940},
  volume={31},
  pages={327 - 379}
}
CHAPTER II: The immediate background of ROEMER's discovery-his work in Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER III: ROEMER's determination of the velocity of light-the reception given his work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I6 CHAPTER IV: ROEMER'S accomplishments after his return to Denmark in r68i ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Bibliography concerning ROEMER .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Iconographical note… 
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