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Sample Data: Speed of Light

Michaelson and Morley's speed of light data

(3 columns, 100 rows)

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Basic Examples

Retrieve the ResourceObject:

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ResourceObject["Sample Data: Speed of Light"]
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View the data:

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ResourceData["Sample Data: Speed of Light"]
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Visualization

Generate a plot of the experiments and the speed result by test run numbers:

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ListPlot[Normal[ Values[GroupBy[ResourceData["Sample Data: Speed of Light"], "Experiment"][All, All, "Speed"]]], Joined -> True, AxesLabel -> Automatic]
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Wolfram Research, "Sample Data: Speed of Light" from the Wolfram Data Repository. (2016) https://doi.org/10.24097/wolfram.04453.data

Source Metadata

  • Title: Speed of Light Data
  • Creator: A. J. Weekes
  • Publisher: Edward Arnold
  • Date: Wednesday 1 January 1986
  • Description: Michaelson and Morley's speed of light data
  • Language: English
  • Source: A Genstat Primer

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