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- From: gilligan@bldrdoc.gov (Jonathan M. Gilligan)
- Newsgroups: alt.cesium
- Subject: Re: Time and our heroic element
- Message-ID: <5569@dove.nist.gov>
- Date: 15 Sep 92 23:36:31 GMT
- References: <mDr-L=+@engin.umich.edu> <5509@dove.nist.gov> <1992Sep12.045918.13611@cco.caltech.edu>
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- In article <1992Sep12.045918.13611@cco.caltech.edu> peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
- |>gilligan@bldrdoc.gov (Jonathan M. Gilligan) writes:
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- |>>The meter is defined as the distance light travels in
- |>>1/299,792,458 of a second in a vacuum in an inertial reference frame.
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- |>And just where do they get an inertial reference frame for measuring
- |>the speed of light in a vacuum???
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- |> -- Michal
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- Probably in the same place they get a perfect vacuum.
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