Physics & Astronomy
Faster than a Speeding Bullet: Albert Michelson and the Velocity of Light
POSTED ON: Tuesday, May 26, 2020
by Special Collections & Archives
It was 142 years ago this May that Albert Abraham Michelson published the results of his first experiment to measure the velocity of light in The American Journal of Science and Arts. Born in Strelno, Prussia on December 19, 1852, ...
Transit of Venus 1769
POSTED ON: Wednesday, June 05, 2019
by Jennifer Bryan
On June 3, 1769, Lieutenant James Cook (1728-1779) of the Royal Navy and astronomer Charles Green (1735-1771) of the Royal Society measured the transit of Venus from an observatory set up at the north-east end of Matavai Bay, Tahiti. ...