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Dayton C. Miller
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Dayton C. Miller

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  • Galileo experiment
    principles of physical science
    / Direct comparison of theory and experiment

    
20 years another American investigator, Dayton C. Miller, repeated the experiment many times in different situations and concluded that, at least on a mountaintop, there was a real “ether wind” of about 10 km per second. Although Miller’s final presentation was a model of clear exposition, with evidence scrupulously displayed


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20 years another American investigator, Dayton C. Miller, repeated the experiment many times in different situations and concluded that, at least on a mountaintop, there was a real “ether wind” of about 10 km per second. Although Miller’s final presentation was a model of clear exposition, with evidence scrupulously displayed


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