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Michelson's Speed of Light Data
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Description
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Measurements of the speed of light in air, made between 5th June and 2nd
July, 1879. The data consists of five experiments, each consisting of 20
consecutive runs. The response is the speed of light in km/s, less
299000. The currently accepted value, on this scale of measurement, is
734.5.

Usage
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::

    michelson

Format
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The data frame contains the following components:

``Expt``
    The experiment number, from 1 to 5.

``Run``
    The run number within each experiment.

``Speed``
    Speed-of-light measurement.

Source
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A.J. Weekes (1986) *A Genstat Primer.* Edward Arnold.

S. M. Stigler (1977) Do robust estimators work with real data? *Annals
of Statistics* **5**, 1055â€“1098.

References
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Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (2002) *Modern Applied Statistics with
S.* Fourth edition. Springer.
