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Michelson measures the speed of light, 1879
A hundred runs in km/s less 299,000. The modern value sits well off the centre of the distribution, which is the interesting part.

Source
Svelte, builder, JSON
<script lang="ts">
import {
GeomHistogram,
GeomRule,
GGPlot,
Labs,
ThemeFivethirtyeight,
} from "@ggsvelte/svelte";
import { michelson } from "./data.js";
</script>
<GGPlot data={michelson} aes={{ x: "velocity" }} width={640} height={400}>
<ThemeFivethirtyeight />
<Labs
title="Michelson measures the speed of light, 1879"
subtitle="100 runs, km/s less 299,000 — the true value sits off the centre"
x="Velocity (km/s − 299,000)"
y="Runs"
/>
<GeomHistogram binwidth={40} />
<GeomRule
xintercept={734.5}
linewidth={1.2}
aes={{ color: { value: "#d14d41" } }}
/>
</GGPlot>
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